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