The Science of Thrills: Applied M&S in the Entertainment Industry
(Room S320GH)
26 Nov 18
12:45 PM
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2:15 PM
The discipline of Modeling & Simulation (M&S) has long been associated with classical application domains, from military/defense, to medicine, to transportation. In more recent times, emergent M&S technologies have been incorporated in the entertainment and theme park industry. With six South Florida amusement parks ranking in the top 15 worldwide in annual attendance, and with a direct economic impact of more than $55 billion annually, this evolutionary and engaging application sector has strong relevance to Orlando/South Florida, and has long-standing association to the I/ITSEC community, specifically.
In this “Special Topics” M&S Fundamentals Tutorial, we will review and reinforce how modeling methods and associated mechanisms for implementing simulations have been applied, with great impact, within the theme park industry over the last quarter century. Following a targeted review of essential M&S “building blocks” within amusement ride design, a series of Case Studies are offered that showcase, by example, the highly multidisciplinary engineering methods that underlie “The Science of Thrills”. This application-oriented presentation will offer a high engagement factor for learners who are new to M&S, will offer a pervasive regional theme (while conforming to the prevailing 2018 I/ITSEC Conference Themes), and will serve as a practical primer for CMSP (technical) certification.