In this paper I describe s how students use a project management simulation game based on an attack-defense mechanism where two teams of players compete by challenging each other’s projects. The project management simulation game is intended to be played by pre-service construction workers and engineers. The gameplay has two parts: a planning part, where the player make managerial decisions abo...

Motivating and engaging the current generation of technology-savvy students and improving the quality of learning is becoming more challenging with traditional instructional methods. Educational games and simulations are gaining more ground, both in formal and informal learning environments. With experiential learning, learners can enhance their management skills and ability to make decisions b...

Introduction At a time when radio spectrum is a highly valued commodity and where environmental issues are high on the agenda of local planning authorities, it has become vital for network planners to determine the optimum network design to satisfy these demands. Accurately predicting propagation in highly cluttered environments, where local effects are dominant, is not a simple task. Using a m...

The operating room (OR) department of a hospital forms the heart of the organization, where the single largest cost is incurred. This document presents and reports on the “Operating Room Manager Game”, developed to give insight into managing a large hospital’s OR department at various levels of control, and the difficulties of applying OR/MS techniques in healthcare. The players take on the rol...

The operating room (OR) department of a hospital forms the heart of the organization, where the single largest cost is incurred. This document presents and reports on the “Operating Room Manager Game”, developed to give insight into managing a large hospital’s OR department at various levels of control, and the difficulties of applying OR/MS techniques in healthcare. The players take on the rol...

Analytical resolution of search theory problems, as formalized by B.O. Koopman, may be applied with some model extension to various resource management issues. However, a fundamental prerequisite is the knowledge of the prior target density. Though this assumption has the definite advantage of simplicity, its drawback is clearly that target reactivity is not taken into account. As a preliminary...