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An Interactive Learning Environment For Teaching Statistics, Trevor Spedding, Xuesong Chi
An Interactive Learning Environment For Teaching Statistics, Trevor Spedding, Xuesong Chi
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper outlines the development and use of a web based virtual factory simulator for teaching industrial statistics and process improvement techniques. Students can manage the factory for either a period of one month, or the length specified by lecturers, with the factory running in real time. The main objective is to reduce quality problems and continuously improve the quality over a substantial period of time. Techniques such as control charts, process capability, experimental design and response surface methodology and their underlying statistics are explored. This immersive simulation creates a problem-based learning approach with relevant academic underpinning. It provides the …
A Web-Based Virtual Factory And Simulator For Industrial Statistics, Xuesong Chi, Matthew P. Pepper, Trevor A. Spedding
A Web-Based Virtual Factory And Simulator For Industrial Statistics, Xuesong Chi, Matthew P. Pepper, Trevor A. Spedding
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
An educational web-based virtual factory and simulator environment is presented in this paper. It has been developed for university students to apply various statistical quality control techniques to explore the quality problems. The architecture of the simulator and methodologies for developing the website are discussed. Major benefits for both the students and lecturers are demonstrated.