Spring Term, 2008  . Projected Outline: Week Topics (projected) Material 1/7, 1/9 1 Course intro, simulation analysis and modeling Chapter 1,2 1/14, 1/17 2 Intro to Extend, queuing models Chapter 2 (MLK) 1/23 3 Discrete event models in Extend Chapter 3 1/28, 1/30 4 Discrete event models in Extend Chapter 3 2/4, 2/6 5 Basic statistics, discrete distributions Chapter 6 2/11, 2/13 6 Continuous and empirical distributions Chapter 6 2/18, 2/20 7 More queues, Extend cases Chapter 7 2/25, 2/27 8 ** Mid-term exam February 26 - March 2 ** 3/3, 3/5 9 Model stability Chapter 7 3/10, 3/12 10 Networks of queues, random numbers Chapter 7, 8 ***** SPRING BREAK ***** 3/24, 3/26 11 Generating random numbers Chapter 8 ** Monday, March 26 is the last day to withdraw ** 3/31, 4/2 12 Random variates Chapter 9 4/7, 4/9 13 Modeling input data Chapter 10 4/14, 4/16 14 Verification and Validation Chapter 11 4/21, 4/23 15 Other simulation languages Chapter 4 4/30 16 ** Final Exam, April 23-27 ** Grading: Assignments: 30% Mid-term: 30% Final: 40% 100% Students registered for CAP 5805 will be assigned a combination of supplemental readings, class presentations, variations in course assignments, and variations in problems on tests to reflect graduate- level course objectives (the course text includes a mix of material appropriate for students at both undergraduate and graduate levels).