2014
EMSS 2014 Proceeding
A modified beer game for simulation and optimization teaching
Authors: Diego Crespo-Pereira, Adolfo Lamas-Rodriguez, Rosa Rios Prado
Abstract
A key aspect that should be considered when planning a simulation course is to develop students? skills for dealing with real cases such as conceptual modelling or validation. However, although desirable, providing real case studies is not always possible. To have a real system available for students to visit and analyze might not be possible due to time or budget constraints. In this circumstances, educational games provide with a suitable means for facing students with realistic case studies. This paper presents a modified version of the classic ?Beer Game? developed by the MIT adapted for discrete events simulation (DES) and optimization teaching. The game is played using four computer applications connected through a local area network (LAN). Some aspects of a supply chain that are simplified in the original game are introduced in the game in order to provide with a complex case study in which M&S methodologies application is necessary. Students of a master in industrial engineering participated in this teaching activity achieving in general good results after designing decision making rules by means of simulation.
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