Schedule

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

Table: Tentative Plan

Week	Topic	Readings/	Comments
Starting		Chapters
01/15	Introduction	Read: Free will? Evolution of simulations: Nance & Sargent 2002 Simulation modeling taxonomy: Fishwick 1998	No class on the 15th
01/22	Single Server Queueing System General Results from Queueing Theory	Law 1.1-1.9 Event Graphs 1 Event Graphs 2	Carnival Scrimmage
01/29	Arrival Process and Inter-Arrival Times	Law 1.1-1.9
02/05	Event Graphs	Law 1.1-1.9
02/12	Event Scheduling Event Graphs: Constraint networks	Class notes
02/19	Event Graphs: Delay propagation in networks WebCyclone	Class Notes STROBOSCOPE Unified Modeling Method
02/26	Modeling Complex Systems	Sterman 5, 6, 7, 8 Counter-Intuitive behavior of Social Systems
03/05	Monday 03/05 Test -1 System Dynamics Approaches	Sterman 5, 6, 7, 8	No class on 02/09
03/12	Spring break
03/19	System Dynamics Approaches (Contd.)	Sterman 5, 6, 7, 8,9,11
03/26	Guest Lecture: Dr. Richard Honrath	Talk
04/02	Guest Lecture: Dr. Nilufer Onder	Talk
04/09	Guest Lecture: Dr. Neil Hutzler	Verifying models: Talk
04/16	Guest Lecture: Matt Drewek	Modeling human behavior: Talk
04/23	Agent based methods	Law 5