Schedule

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

Table: Tentative Plan

Week	Topic	Readings/	Comments
Starting		Chapters
01/12	Introduction	Read: Free will? Evolution of simulations: Nance & Sargent 2002 Fundamentals of simulation modeling: Sanchez 2007 Taxanomy of Simulation Modeling: Fishwick 1998
01/19	Modeling a Q-ing System Classwork	Law 1.4	No class on 01/19
01/26	General Results from Q-ing Theory Classwork Arrival Process and Inter-arrival times Classwork Memoryless Property	Vaughan, 2008	Homework 1 Data Set: .csv,.xls
02/02	Building Discrete Event Simulations	Law 1.4, 2.2, 2.7-2.8 Law 6.1, 6.2, 6.4	No class on 02/06
02/09	Markov Chains Classwork	Taylor 3	Homework 2
02/16	First Step Analysis, Classwork	Taylor 4
02/23	Continuous Time Markov Chains Classwork Birth Death Processes	Taylor 6
03/02	Long Run Behavior of MC Limiting/Steady State Probabilities Classwork	Taylor 6	Homework 3
03/09	Enjoy Spring break	Stream of Consciousness Test prep.
03/16	Event Graphs and Discrete Event Simulations	Law and Readings
03/23	WebCYCLONE	Readings
	Systems Thinking	Sterman 5,6,7,8
03/30	Causal Feedback Loops	Sterman 5,6,7,8
04/06	Linear First Order Systems	Sterman 5,6,7,8
04/13	Time delays	Sterman 5,6,7,8
04/20	Simulation Validation and Verification	Law 4,6