Courses Information

School

Industrial and Systems Engineering
Virginia Tech

City: Course offered simultaneously in Blacksburg and Falls Church
State: Virginia
Country: U.S.A

Instructors

Hazhir Rahmandad
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Language: English


Kostas Triantis
Title: Professor
Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Language: English


Course(s)
Title of the course Program Term Hrs/
week 		# of students Texts

Applied Systems Engineering
(Systems Thinking and Modeling)

 		Graduate Fall 3 70/term

1. Sterman, John D., Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World
2. O_Connor, Joseph and Ian McDermott, The Art of Systems Thinking: Essential Skills for Creativity and Problem Solving
3. Senge, Peter M., Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts, Richard B. Ross, and Bryan J. Smith, The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook
Advanced Dynamic Modeling Graduate Spring, Every other year 3 10/term

1. Sterman, John D., Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World
2. Process consultation (Schein)
3. multiple papers and readings

Students conduct real-world projects and advanced topics such as subscripts, Monte-carlo simulation, calibration, and use of data are introduced.
Last edited 03/05/2007 by NG