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Thin-Yin Leong; Nang-Laik Ma – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2024
This paper develops a spreadsheet simulation methodology for teaching simulation and performance analysis of priority queues with multiple servers, without resorting to macros, add-ins, or array formula. The approach is made possible by a "single overtaking" simplifying assumption under which any lower-priority customer may be passed in…
Descriptors: Spreadsheets, Simulation, Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education
Wellington, John F.; Lewis, Stephen A. – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2021
The simple vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a common topic of discussion in introductory operations research/management science courses. The VRP can be framed in a variety of ways, and it can be difficult to solve to optimality. For solution purposes, introductory textbooks demonstrate how Excel's Evolutionary Solver (ES) add-in produces a…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Motor Vehicles, Traffic Safety, Introductory Courses