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Fast-Time Simulation: Visualisation & Making Decisions

I have only just touched the surface of this concept, and I am excited by its power, but it is time to wrap up this series on fast-time simulation. I’ve created a flight schedule, built an airport and subjected it to almost three years of punishment. Today’s post is a quick look at visualisation of the results and what decisions it could support.

Dan Parsons 21/1/23 Dan Parsons 21/1/23

Fast-Time Simulation: Chaos & Playing God

Last weekend, with the help of ChatGPT, I started learning how to do fast-time simulation in Python. Modelling operations in Excel can be fun, but I wanted to step up my game. And since I don’t have access to any full-featured simulation platforms, I thought I would teach myself how to code this stuff.

This process started with background research and creating a schedule I could use for my simulations. Then I built an airport, its apron management processes and a way of tracking the apron’s performance. This weekend, I am playing God.

Dan Parsons 15/1/23 Dan Parsons 15/1/23

Fast-Time Simulation: Building an Airport

It’s Sunday night, and while I haven’t quite finished with my first foray into fast-time simulation, I am enjoying the process. Today, I set about “building” an airport for my simulation. To make sure it worked, I ran a simulation of one day’s flight schedule. ChatGPT has been here to help me, but, as I will discuss here and in the days following, it hasn’t been as big of a help as I had hoped.

Dan Parsons 14/1/23 Dan Parsons 14/1/23

(UPDATED) Fast-Time Simulation Series: Release the Nerds

Fast-time simulation is a topic that has always teased my interest. I’ve enjoyed building models of some pretty complex systems in Excel, but I’ve pushed that platform to the limit and making the jump up to more sophisticated modelling has always seemed like too big of a leap. It seemed the realm of hardcore coders or professional platforms that don’t have a “play around for free” option.

With ChatGPT on my side, I decided to give it a go this weekend. So, come along with me as I either leap to new heights or fall into an abyss.