Paper Info
Title
An investigation of the effect of educational background on performance in simulation studies
Abstract
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. Journal of the Operational Research Society (2010) 61, 1685-1693. doi:10.1057/jors.2009.151 Published online 2 December 2009
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1057/jors.2009.151
JORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
management science,computer science,logistics,information technology,marketing,communications technology,location,operational research,reliability,investment,production,operations research,project management,information systems,forecasting,inventory,scheduling
Information system,Scheduling (computing),Computer science,Information technology,Purchasing,Information and Communications Technology,Operations management,Project management
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
61
12
0160-5682
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
1.45
3
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stewart Robinson18010.15
Ruth Davies28313.20