A simulation model with verification and validation for time-phased education planning in Afghanistan. (July 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Marlin, Benjamin; Sohn, Han-Suk
• Is Part Of: Simulation. Volume 90:Number 7(2014:Jul.)
• Page Start: 800
• Page End: 814
• Publication Date: 2014-07
• Subjects: Verification -- validation -- discrete event simulation -- agent-based modeling -- education planning -- Afghanistan -- SIMIO -- nearly orthogonal Latin hypercube; Computer simulation -- Periodicals; 003.3
• DOI: 10.1177/0037549714536256
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0037-5497

Abstract

Decision-makers have rightly come to expect thorough, relevant analysis prior to allocating resources. The field of education planning is no different in its requirement for such analysis. In this research, we present a discrete event simulation model in which individual students and teachers flow through the Afghanistan education system across a variable time horizon. We explain the simulation and its premises through some verification and validation processes that allow the user to glean insight into the implications of security, policy, and infrastructure in this complex and capricious environment.