Week | Topic | Readings/ | Comments |
Starting | Chapters | ||
01/14 | Introduction |
Read: Free will? Evolution of simulations: Nance & Sargent 2002 Fundamentals of simulation modeling: Sanchez 2007 Taxanomy of Simulation Modeling: Fishwick 1998 |
Homework 1 Due on 1/25/08 No class on the 21st |
01/21 | Modeling a Queueing System | Law 1.4 | Homework 2 Data set: xls, csv Due on 2/1/08 |
01/28 | General results from Queueing Theory Arrival Process and Inter-arrival times |
Law 2.2, 2.7-2.8 | Homework 3 Due 2/8/08 |
02/04 | Memoryless Property, Markov Chains | Readings from references | No Class on 02/08 |
02/11 | Markov Chains and Processes contd. | Readings from references | Classwork 1 |
02/18 | Continuous Time Markov Chains | Readings from references | Classwork 2 |
02/25 | Building Discrete Event Simulations | Law 6.1,6.2,6.4 Reading: Schriber and Brunner 2007 |
Classwork Discussion: Revision Test on the 28th. |
03/03 | Event graphs | Law 1.1, 1.9 | Spring Fling |
03/10 | Spring break | ||
03/17 | Event Graphs, Discrete Event Simulations | Event Graphs: Buss 1996 | |
03/24 | WebCYCLONE | Law | WebCYCLONE Unified Modeling Method: Hajjar and AbouRizk 2002 Homework 5 |
03/31 | Petri Nets: Dr. Roger Kieckhafer Modeling Complex Systems |
Sterman 5,6,7,8 | Homework 6 Zuberek 1988: Q-Systems and Petri Nets |
04/07 | System Dynamics: Causal feedback loops | Sterman 5,6,7,8 | |
04/14 | Modeling linear first order systems | Sterman 5,6,7,8 | |
04/21 | Modeling time delays | Sterman 5,6,7,8 | |
04/28 | Simulation validation and verification | Law 4,6 | |