MINE568 MINE SYSTEMS SIMULATION
| Course Code: | 5650568 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Mining Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ONUR GÖLBAŞI |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
- This course is designed to introduce mining engineering students how to simulate the cases likely to be observed in mining sector.
- This course teaches students continuous simulation technique, setting system boundaries to be simulated, nature and pre-processing of data, and developing simulation algorithms. The course also lets students to practice some case studies in a simulation environment.
Course Content
Systems, models, and nature of simulation. Discrete-event, continuous, combined discrete-continuous, and Monte Carlo simulation. Simulation languages. Simulation of inventory and single-server queuing systems. Extension to multi-server systems in mining. Selecting input probability distributions. Output data analysis. Validation.
Course Learning Outcomes
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Contribution |
| # | Program Outcomes | No | Yes |
| 1 | Graduates will have the ability to search for and reach knowledge in width and depth; analyze, interpret, advance, and use the knowledge obtained thereof. | | ✔ |
| 2 | Graduates will be equipped to design and execute analytical, modelling and experimental research in order to interpret and solve problems encountered in mining engineering. | | ✔ |
| 3 | Graduates will have the ability to develop innovative methods and employ them to solve problems in a multidisciplinary manner. | | ✔ |
| 4 | Graduates will have the ability to effectively communicate, written or oral, the methods and the results of their work in national and international platforms. | | ✔ |
| 5 | Graduates will, in depth, know the social, environmental, economic, and legal dimensions of their professional activities, execute their profession in accordance with sustainable mining practices. | ✔ | |
| 6 | Graduates will adhere to the social, scientific, and ethical codes in collecting, interpreting and reporting data in all professional activities. | | ✔ |
| 7 | Graduates will participate and/or be leaders in team works. | | ✔ |
| 8 | Graduates will have expertise on advance information technologies in mining engineering. | | ✔ |
