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Schedule

The tentative schedule for the course is as follows: (See Table [*] page over.)

Table: Tentative Plan
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  
       



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Amlan Mukherjee 2008-01-14