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SIMUL8 Corporation SIMUL8.com Tel: 1 800 547 6024 | +44 141 552 6888 info@SIMUL8.com
Fast, Easy to Use Simulation Software
Scaling up the Public use of Simulation via YouSIMULATE.com
Mark Elder
© SIMUL8 Corporation SIMUL8.com Tel: 1 800 547 6024 | +44 141 552 6888 info@SIMUL8.com
• What is YouSIMULATE?• What Drove us here?• Demonstration• How to use YouSIMULATE• How to embed simulations in YOUR website• How this drives the demand for Operational Research• The Technology – how the magic works• Where next?
Agenda
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What is YouSIMULATE?
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• YouTUBE but not videos: Interactive Simulations• Runs simulations in any web browser
– no software required
• Free to – upload, – run, – experiment, – review results,– and improve the process
• Discrete Event Simulations• For Anyone to Use
What is YouSIMULATE?
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• SIMUL8 Corp Objective 1:– Put simulation on every Process Engineer’s desktop
• SIMUL8 Corp Objective 2:– Put simulation on every Decision Maker’s desktop
• Decision Makers unaware of simulation
• YouSIMULATE spreads the knowledge
What Drove Us Here?
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YouSIMULATE - Demo
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• Create the simulation model• Expose decision variables via menus, dialogs, spreadsheets etc• Upload the simulation model file• Add title and description• Either:
– Email a link to your “users”
• or:– Write a web page or blog and “embed” the simulation in the text
• Users view, run, experiment with your live simulation
How to use YouSIMULATE
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• Embedding simulation inside Press Releases– Councils save £4.8B by modelling Shared Services
• ORS Web Site “OR in Schools” Project• Resources for Equipment Distributors
– See How Our Photocopier will save you $X
• Teaching / Tutorial / Training Web sites• Communicating Results of Simulation Studies• Sales Lead Generation by Consulting Firms / Internal OR Teams• Public Information
– Why is the SLA not met 100% of the time?
• Spreading the Benefits of Modelling
Likely Uses
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How it Drives Demand for OR
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How it Drives Demand for OR
Model Builders Upload Simulations that
Illustrate Successes
Positive Feedback Loop / Virtuous Circle
© SIMUL8 Corporation SIMUL8.com Tel: 1 800 547 6024 | +44 141 552 6888 info@SIMUL8.com
How it Drives Demand for OR
Model Builders Upload Simulations that
Illustrate Successes
Press Stories and other PR Drives Interest in Live
Simulation Websites
Positive Feedback Loop / Virtuous Circle
© SIMUL8 Corporation SIMUL8.com Tel: 1 800 547 6024 | +44 141 552 6888 info@SIMUL8.com
How it Drives Demand for OR
Model Builders Upload Simulations that
Illustrate Successes
Press Stories and other PR Drives Interest in Live
Simulation Websites
Website Visitors Think “If only I had one of my
own process”
Positive Feedback Loop / Virtuous Circle
© SIMUL8 Corporation SIMUL8.com Tel: 1 800 547 6024 | +44 141 552 6888 info@SIMUL8.com
How it Drives Demand for OR
Model Builders Upload Simulations that
Illustrate Successes
Press Stories and other PR Drives Interest in Live
Simulation Websites
Website Visitors Think “If only I had one of my
own process”
Demand for Simulations to Satisfy “I want one” Visitors
Positive Feedback Loop / Virtuous Circle
© SIMUL8 Corporation SIMUL8.com Tel: 1 800 547 6024 | +44 141 552 6888 info@SIMUL8.com
How it Drives Demand for OR
Model Builders Upload Simulations that
Illustrate Successes
Press Stories and other PR Drives Interest in Live
Simulation Websites
Website Visitors Think “If only I had one of my
own process”
Demand for Simulations to Satisfy “I want one” Visitors
More Simulations to Upload
Positive Feedback Loop / Virtuous Circle
© SIMUL8 Corporation SIMUL8.com Tel: 1 800 547 6024 | +44 141 552 6888 info@SIMUL8.com
• Very Simple Web Browser Capability – AJAX
• Receiving messages from SIMUL8 running on “The Cloud”• The Cloud for Scalability
• Technology Circle Completes One Cycle per Career (!)– IBM 380 (mainframes) talking to “intelligent” terminals– The Cloud processing power talking to Simple Web Browsers
How the Magic Works
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• Any (Discrete Event) Simulation Product• Games – Can you run your local A&E any better?• Competitions – Win an iPad for most compelling simulation of…• Now it’s on Cloud – look what else we can do…• YouOTHER_OR_Techniques.com
Where Next?
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Upload your Simulations!
Download slides from SIMUL8.com/mark/YouSIMUL8_ORS.zip
YouSIMULATE.com
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