[Edu-sig] Simple simulation exercises

[Tim Wilson]

Hi everyone,

My students have been working on OOP for a few weeks now, and I think many 
of them are ready to dig into a little meatier project. My first thought 
was some sort of a simulation problem. (I just read the article referenced 
in the Daily Python-URL. Good timing. [1])

I'm looking for ideas. What sort of simulation exercise is effective for 
beginning programmers. I seem to recall working on a traffic simulation 
years ago in college. But I don't remember the implementation details at 
all anymore.

Thoughts?

-Tim

[1] Mueller, Klaus and Tony Vignaux, SimPy: Simulating Systems in Python, 
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2003/02/27/simpy.html

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Tim Wilson
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