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OR-backed serious games
How to decide to write an objective function?Is my approach to my internship project good? Optimal allocation of product across stores, constrained optimization
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A "serious game" is a game (usually a simulation) designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. Games like the beer game or the fresh connection can be considered serious games serving an educational purpose.
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My question is twofold:
- I am interested in using games in my logistics and supply chain
management classes. Are there other serious games (educational games
in general) that use OR principles, methods and tools (perhaps
beyond simulation)? - I am also interested in the mechanics of such games. My question is NOT how to use games to teach OR, but how to use OR to create games about other subjects, typically in the Operation Management, Management Science, Supply chain and logistics areas.
Thanks
optimization simulation
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A "serious game" is a game (usually a simulation) designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. Games like the beer game or the fresh connection can be considered serious games serving an educational purpose.
Edited after comments
My question is twofold:
- I am interested in using games in my logistics and supply chain
management classes. Are there other serious games (educational games
in general) that use OR principles, methods and tools (perhaps
beyond simulation)? - I am also interested in the mechanics of such games. My question is NOT how to use games to teach OR, but how to use OR to create games about other subjects, typically in the Operation Management, Management Science, Supply chain and logistics areas.
Thanks
optimization simulation
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Are you asking what other games exist, or how to create such games?
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– LarrySnyder610
8 hours ago
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@LarrySnyder610: thanks for the comment, good point. I am firstly interested in using such games, so already existing games are ok (better if free). However, also hints and suggestions about how to create them would be interesting (regardless of the implementation details, I am concerned about the idea of the game). Trivial example: to teach warehouse picking, you can use shortest path, then move to the TSP, and finally the VRP. How to combine them in a game is a completely different thing :-)
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8 hours ago
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I am reminded of what the late Prof. Sam Karlin said when the topic of game theory came up. "Game Theory. You have two nonnegative sigma-finite measures ..." He was pretty damn serious.
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– Mark L. Stone
8 hours ago
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$begingroup$
A "serious game" is a game (usually a simulation) designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. Games like the beer game or the fresh connection can be considered serious games serving an educational purpose.
Edited after comments
My question is twofold:
- I am interested in using games in my logistics and supply chain
management classes. Are there other serious games (educational games
in general) that use OR principles, methods and tools (perhaps
beyond simulation)? - I am also interested in the mechanics of such games. My question is NOT how to use games to teach OR, but how to use OR to create games about other subjects, typically in the Operation Management, Management Science, Supply chain and logistics areas.
Thanks
optimization simulation
New contributor
$endgroup$
A "serious game" is a game (usually a simulation) designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. Games like the beer game or the fresh connection can be considered serious games serving an educational purpose.
Edited after comments
My question is twofold:
- I am interested in using games in my logistics and supply chain
management classes. Are there other serious games (educational games
in general) that use OR principles, methods and tools (perhaps
beyond simulation)? - I am also interested in the mechanics of such games. My question is NOT how to use games to teach OR, but how to use OR to create games about other subjects, typically in the Operation Management, Management Science, Supply chain and logistics areas.
Thanks
optimization simulation
optimization simulation
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Are you asking what other games exist, or how to create such games?
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– LarrySnyder610
8 hours ago
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@LarrySnyder610: thanks for the comment, good point. I am firstly interested in using such games, so already existing games are ok (better if free). However, also hints and suggestions about how to create them would be interesting (regardless of the implementation details, I am concerned about the idea of the game). Trivial example: to teach warehouse picking, you can use shortest path, then move to the TSP, and finally the VRP. How to combine them in a game is a completely different thing :-)
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– Libra
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I am reminded of what the late Prof. Sam Karlin said when the topic of game theory came up. "Game Theory. You have two nonnegative sigma-finite measures ..." He was pretty damn serious.
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– Mark L. Stone
8 hours ago
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Are you asking what other games exist, or how to create such games?
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– LarrySnyder610
8 hours ago
$begingroup$
@LarrySnyder610: thanks for the comment, good point. I am firstly interested in using such games, so already existing games are ok (better if free). However, also hints and suggestions about how to create them would be interesting (regardless of the implementation details, I am concerned about the idea of the game). Trivial example: to teach warehouse picking, you can use shortest path, then move to the TSP, and finally the VRP. How to combine them in a game is a completely different thing :-)
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– Libra
8 hours ago
1
$begingroup$
I am reminded of what the late Prof. Sam Karlin said when the topic of game theory came up. "Game Theory. You have two nonnegative sigma-finite measures ..." He was pretty damn serious.
$endgroup$
– Mark L. Stone
8 hours ago
$begingroup$
Are you asking what other games exist, or how to create such games?
$endgroup$
– LarrySnyder610
8 hours ago
$begingroup$
Are you asking what other games exist, or how to create such games?
$endgroup$
– LarrySnyder610
8 hours ago
$begingroup$
@LarrySnyder610: thanks for the comment, good point. I am firstly interested in using such games, so already existing games are ok (better if free). However, also hints and suggestions about how to create them would be interesting (regardless of the implementation details, I am concerned about the idea of the game). Trivial example: to teach warehouse picking, you can use shortest path, then move to the TSP, and finally the VRP. How to combine them in a game is a completely different thing :-)
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– Libra
8 hours ago
$begingroup$
@LarrySnyder610: thanks for the comment, good point. I am firstly interested in using such games, so already existing games are ok (better if free). However, also hints and suggestions about how to create them would be interesting (regardless of the implementation details, I am concerned about the idea of the game). Trivial example: to teach warehouse picking, you can use shortest path, then move to the TSP, and finally the VRP. How to combine them in a game is a completely different thing :-)
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– Libra
8 hours ago
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I am reminded of what the late Prof. Sam Karlin said when the topic of game theory came up. "Game Theory. You have two nonnegative sigma-finite measures ..." He was pretty damn serious.
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– Mark L. Stone
8 hours ago
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I am reminded of what the late Prof. Sam Karlin said when the topic of game theory came up. "Game Theory. You have two nonnegative sigma-finite measures ..." He was pretty damn serious.
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One company that offers these type of games is here. There you will find a few more "serious games".
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Thanks. These games are mainly simulation based if I am not wrong.
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– Libra
7 hours ago
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@Libra they are simulation based in the sense that simulation is used to evaluate the performance of a “solution.” But you could apply OR principles to come up wit such a solution.
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– Daniel Duque
7 hours ago
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I agree, it’s a little confusing what you mean by “simulation” in the question. Some games are themselves simulations but are illustrating OR concepts that have nothing to do with simulation. The beer game is an example; it is a simulation but the OR concepts it teaches are from SCM/inventory theory.
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– LarrySnyder610
7 hours ago
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One simple game for educational purposes that doesn't use simulation is the "Slick Oil Distribution Game".
Disclaimer: I work at Opex Analytics!
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Nice and neat, indeed!
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– Libra
7 hours ago
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You could set your class the challenge of manually planning a set of delivery routes and seeing if they can find better routes (less vehicles used, less travel distance/time) than an optimisation algorithm can do?
We have an open source/free VRP solver desktop app called ODL Studio that would let you do this - see tutorial video here.
We also have a p-median site location solver in ODL Studio. Again you could set your class the task of beating the solver using this. Some students at this university did something similar using ODL Studio.
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One company that offers these type of games is here. There you will find a few more "serious games".
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Thanks. These games are mainly simulation based if I am not wrong.
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– Libra
7 hours ago
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@Libra they are simulation based in the sense that simulation is used to evaluate the performance of a “solution.” But you could apply OR principles to come up wit such a solution.
$endgroup$
– Daniel Duque
7 hours ago
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I agree, it’s a little confusing what you mean by “simulation” in the question. Some games are themselves simulations but are illustrating OR concepts that have nothing to do with simulation. The beer game is an example; it is a simulation but the OR concepts it teaches are from SCM/inventory theory.
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– LarrySnyder610
7 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
One company that offers these type of games is here. There you will find a few more "serious games".
New contributor
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Thanks. These games are mainly simulation based if I am not wrong.
$endgroup$
– Libra
7 hours ago
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@Libra they are simulation based in the sense that simulation is used to evaluate the performance of a “solution.” But you could apply OR principles to come up wit such a solution.
$endgroup$
– Daniel Duque
7 hours ago
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I agree, it’s a little confusing what you mean by “simulation” in the question. Some games are themselves simulations but are illustrating OR concepts that have nothing to do with simulation. The beer game is an example; it is a simulation but the OR concepts it teaches are from SCM/inventory theory.
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– LarrySnyder610
7 hours ago
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One company that offers these type of games is here. There you will find a few more "serious games".
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One company that offers these type of games is here. There you will find a few more "serious games".
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Thanks. These games are mainly simulation based if I am not wrong.
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– Libra
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@Libra they are simulation based in the sense that simulation is used to evaluate the performance of a “solution.” But you could apply OR principles to come up wit such a solution.
$endgroup$
– Daniel Duque
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
I agree, it’s a little confusing what you mean by “simulation” in the question. Some games are themselves simulations but are illustrating OR concepts that have nothing to do with simulation. The beer game is an example; it is a simulation but the OR concepts it teaches are from SCM/inventory theory.
$endgroup$
– LarrySnyder610
7 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Thanks. These games are mainly simulation based if I am not wrong.
$endgroup$
– Libra
7 hours ago
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@Libra they are simulation based in the sense that simulation is used to evaluate the performance of a “solution.” But you could apply OR principles to come up wit such a solution.
$endgroup$
– Daniel Duque
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
I agree, it’s a little confusing what you mean by “simulation” in the question. Some games are themselves simulations but are illustrating OR concepts that have nothing to do with simulation. The beer game is an example; it is a simulation but the OR concepts it teaches are from SCM/inventory theory.
$endgroup$
– LarrySnyder610
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
Thanks. These games are mainly simulation based if I am not wrong.
$endgroup$
– Libra
7 hours ago
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Thanks. These games are mainly simulation based if I am not wrong.
$endgroup$
– Libra
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
@Libra they are simulation based in the sense that simulation is used to evaluate the performance of a “solution.” But you could apply OR principles to come up wit such a solution.
$endgroup$
– Daniel Duque
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
@Libra they are simulation based in the sense that simulation is used to evaluate the performance of a “solution.” But you could apply OR principles to come up wit such a solution.
$endgroup$
– Daniel Duque
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
I agree, it’s a little confusing what you mean by “simulation” in the question. Some games are themselves simulations but are illustrating OR concepts that have nothing to do with simulation. The beer game is an example; it is a simulation but the OR concepts it teaches are from SCM/inventory theory.
$endgroup$
– LarrySnyder610
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
I agree, it’s a little confusing what you mean by “simulation” in the question. Some games are themselves simulations but are illustrating OR concepts that have nothing to do with simulation. The beer game is an example; it is a simulation but the OR concepts it teaches are from SCM/inventory theory.
$endgroup$
– LarrySnyder610
7 hours ago
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One simple game for educational purposes that doesn't use simulation is the "Slick Oil Distribution Game".
Disclaimer: I work at Opex Analytics!
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Nice and neat, indeed!
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– Libra
7 hours ago
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One simple game for educational purposes that doesn't use simulation is the "Slick Oil Distribution Game".
Disclaimer: I work at Opex Analytics!
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Nice and neat, indeed!
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– Libra
7 hours ago
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One simple game for educational purposes that doesn't use simulation is the "Slick Oil Distribution Game".
Disclaimer: I work at Opex Analytics!
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One simple game for educational purposes that doesn't use simulation is the "Slick Oil Distribution Game".
Disclaimer: I work at Opex Analytics!
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Nice and neat, indeed!
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Nice and neat, indeed!
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Nice and neat, indeed!
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You could set your class the challenge of manually planning a set of delivery routes and seeing if they can find better routes (less vehicles used, less travel distance/time) than an optimisation algorithm can do?
We have an open source/free VRP solver desktop app called ODL Studio that would let you do this - see tutorial video here.
We also have a p-median site location solver in ODL Studio. Again you could set your class the task of beating the solver using this. Some students at this university did something similar using ODL Studio.
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$begingroup$
You could set your class the challenge of manually planning a set of delivery routes and seeing if they can find better routes (less vehicles used, less travel distance/time) than an optimisation algorithm can do?
We have an open source/free VRP solver desktop app called ODL Studio that would let you do this - see tutorial video here.
We also have a p-median site location solver in ODL Studio. Again you could set your class the task of beating the solver using this. Some students at this university did something similar using ODL Studio.
New contributor
$endgroup$
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$begingroup$
You could set your class the challenge of manually planning a set of delivery routes and seeing if they can find better routes (less vehicles used, less travel distance/time) than an optimisation algorithm can do?
We have an open source/free VRP solver desktop app called ODL Studio that would let you do this - see tutorial video here.
We also have a p-median site location solver in ODL Studio. Again you could set your class the task of beating the solver using this. Some students at this university did something similar using ODL Studio.
New contributor
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You could set your class the challenge of manually planning a set of delivery routes and seeing if they can find better routes (less vehicles used, less travel distance/time) than an optimisation algorithm can do?
We have an open source/free VRP solver desktop app called ODL Studio that would let you do this - see tutorial video here.
We also have a p-median site location solver in ODL Studio. Again you could set your class the task of beating the solver using this. Some students at this university did something similar using ODL Studio.
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Are you asking what other games exist, or how to create such games?
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– LarrySnyder610
8 hours ago
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@LarrySnyder610: thanks for the comment, good point. I am firstly interested in using such games, so already existing games are ok (better if free). However, also hints and suggestions about how to create them would be interesting (regardless of the implementation details, I am concerned about the idea of the game). Trivial example: to teach warehouse picking, you can use shortest path, then move to the TSP, and finally the VRP. How to combine them in a game is a completely different thing :-)
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I am reminded of what the late Prof. Sam Karlin said when the topic of game theory came up. "Game Theory. You have two nonnegative sigma-finite measures ..." He was pretty damn serious.
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– Mark L. Stone
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