A Blackjack Simulation For Teaching The Use Of Scientific Method

摘要

A blackjack simulation was created in GPSS/H to provide both an introduction to the language and a simple domain in which to investigate and use the scientific method. Students were provided a basic play strategy and required to formulate an alternative, create a hypothesis, and implement the changes in the code necessary to test it. The results from the two strategies were used to provide data for statistical analyses and the generation of conclusions. This paper describes the presentation of this project and some of the results generated over the last few semesters.