Simulation in Logistics and Traffic (SimuLoVe)

Course Information

Professor Prof. Dr. Ralf Elbert
Prerequisites for participation Bachelor`s degree
Programming skills
Registration Capacity is limited. Please register according to the steps outlined here.
Target audience Students of the Master's programmes WI / WInf / LSCM / EIM / TT
and other interested listeners
TUCaN Link to TUCaN.
Course meeting times
  • Registration period: 01.04.2025 – 24.04.2025
  • Kick-Off: 29.04.2025, 13:30, S103|161
  • Lectures: Summer semester – please refer to TUCaN
Note: This information is provided for your convenience. The dates and rooms given on TUCaN are binding.
Course organization Paul Bossong
Type and scope of the course Lecture with integrated exercise.
3 semester hours per week (SWS)
ECTS 4,0

In this course the participants learn the essential basics of modelling and simulation methods. For this purpose, they will receive a comprehensive introduction to agent-based simulation using the AnyLogic software. In this introduction, the participants independently model the network of a logistics service provider who organises and carries out the transport of parts to an automobile manufacturer. Subsequently, the participants work in groups on a practical problem from the field of logistics, which is to be analysed and solved with the help of a simulation.

Students should develop a general understanding of the possibilities and significance of simulation models in logistics and transport, penetrate methods and procedures for modelling and simulating logistics problems and gain practical knowledge in using the AnyLogic simulation software.

Grigoryev, I (2016). AnyLogic 7 in three days.

Borshchev, A (2013). The Big Book of Simulation Modeling: Multimethod Modeling with AnyLogic 6. AnyLogic North America.

Group work with presentation and discussion of the results after the course.

The course is supported by the e-learning platform moodle. Registration for the moodle course is automatic after successful registration in TUCaN.

  • Bachelor`s degree
  • Knowledge of object-oriented programming (e.g. Java)
  • Participation in the lecture “Simulation in Production and Logistics” (both parts of the module must be completed in one semester)
  • Participation in the kick-off event (pending registration due to limited number of places)
  • Registration for exam within deadline