In this paper, we describe a course project in which teams of undergraduate students propose and execute an end-to-end analytics project to solve a real-world problem. The project challenges students to implement machine learning, optimization, simulation, or a combination of these three techniques on real-world data that they collect. A…

The National Airspace System (NAS) is a resource managed in the public good. Equity in NAS access, and use for private, commercial and government purposes is coordinated by regulations and made possible by procedures, and technology. Researchers have documented scenarios in which the introduction of new concepts-of-operations and technologies has…

In emergency management, scientific models are widely used for running hazard simulations and estimating losses often in support of planning and mitigation efforts. This work expands utility of the scientific model into the response phase of emergency management. The focus is on the common operating picture as it gives context to emergency…

Designers of a computerized management game based on a simplified model of the company itself found the game more complex than they had previously thought; participants found it intriguing and rewarding. (Editor)

A methodology of game evaluation is developed to include both player performance and results of a written questionnaire. Using data of player performance, a model of the learning process provides results which match very well conclusions drawn from the questionnaire, hence providing considerable justification for the approach taken. (Author)

A pilot project tested the feasibility of developing computer simulation models as aids to the operation and design of library systems. (Author/PF)

Operational gaming is a kind of decision simulation where the players make decisions within the framework of a simulated operating system. For the game to have value in developing vocational awareness, the decision-making exercise should be structured around a model of real life vocational decisions. The gaming experience aims toward helping the…

Arguing that operations research is not as difficult and forbidding as its reputation implies, and that many problems lend themselves to analysis using common sense, the author provides examples which might be used in a secondary school classroom. (SD)

Ideas of optimizing specific objectives were applied to the problem of allocating computer assisted instruction (CAI) time among students in an elementary school. Then, using computer simulation methodology, it was found that simply increasing the total amount of CAI time used could probably improve overall student progress more than any practical…

The lack of tested models of the instructional process is the prime hindrance to significant management science in educational research. The nature of education, with long timelags between ultimate performance and present activity, makes the modeling most difficult. This paper reports on one of several efforts which have been made to develop…

The document presents a summary description of the Air Force Human Resource Laboratory's Flying Training Division (AFHRL/FT) research capabilities for undergraduate pilot training. One of the research devices investigated is the Advanced Simulator for Undergraduate Pilot Training (ASUPT). The equipment includes the ASUPT, the instrumented T-37…

Findings are presented of a preliminary investigation into an integrated approach to the planning of higher education facilities. Problems confronting college and university planners are defined; factors affecting current conditions isolated; and opportunities for seeking solutions suggested. In this first step of a two-phase program, resources…

Simulation continues to be a very popular management-science method of analysis, and users report favorably on the results. Although applications can be found in all functional areas, its use is most common in finance and production. FORTRAN continues to dominate the programing languages used for simulation modeling. (Author/CMV)

Explains how movies made from computer output data of complex numerical models offer perceptual advantages that can speed the recognition of unexpected behavior and encourage fruitful discussion. (Author/GA)