An investigation of the effect of educational background on performance in simulation studies / S. Robinson in Journal of the operational research society (JORS), Vol. 61 N° 12 (Décembre 2010)
An investigation of the effect of educational background on performance in simulation studies [texte imprimé] / S. Robinson, Auteur ; Davies, R., Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 1685–1693.
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Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Journal of the operational research society (JORS) > Vol. 61 N° 12 (Décembre 2010) . - pp. 1685–1693
Mots-clés : Simulation Education Performance on simulation studies Index. décimale : 001.424 Résumé : We might expect a link between educational background, in terms of degree subject studied, and performance on simulation studies. We study this link by comparing the performance of student groups from computer science, statistics and business on a simulation task. The analysis covers their overall performance and their performance on different elements of the task. Surprisingly, we are unable to find much difference in the performance of the students, leading us to conclude that educational background has little effect, at least for a relatively straightforward modelling task. The implications for organisations employing simulation modellers and for their educational needs are discussed. DEWEY : 001.424 ISSN : 0160-5682 En ligne : http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v61/n12/abs/jors2009151a.html