Syllabus for CS 525, Simulation

Spring 2005

The syllabus is broken up into seven two-week sections.

I will try hard not to change the syllabus during the semester, but I make no promises.

Readings: Watkins, Chapters 1 and 2
Class notes: Introduction
Simulation
Basic Probability
Assignment: Assignment 1 (last modified on 15 February 2005) available on Wednesday, 19 January; due on Wednesday, 2 February at 2:00 p.m.
Quiz - Wednesday, 2 February: The answers.
The grades.

Readings: Watkins, Chapter 3
Class notes: Designing Models
Implementing Models
Probability Distributions and Statistics
Assignment: Assignment 2 (last modified on 15 February 2005) available on Wednesday, 2 February; due on Wednesday, 16 February at 2:00 p.m.
Quiz - Wednesday, 16 February: The answers.
The grades.

Readings: Watkins, Chapters 5 and 11
Class notes: Experiment Design
Data Collection
Random Numbers
Assignment: Assignment 3 (last modified on 19 March 2005) available on Saturday, 19 February; due on Monday, 7 March, at 2:00 p.m.
Quiz - Wednesday, 2 March: The answers.
The grades.

Spring Break - No classes the week of 7-13 March
Readings: Watkins, Chapter 9
A survey of Web cache replacement strategies by Stefan Podlipnig and Laszlo Boszormenyi, ACM Computing Surveys, December 2003 (vol. 34 no. 4), pages 374-398.
Class notes: Running Experiments
Experiment Behavior
Distribution Matching and Goodness of Fit
Assignment: Assignment 4 (last modified on 8 March 2005) available on Monday, 7 March; due on Monday, 4 April, at 2:00 p.m.
Quiz - Wednesday, 23 March: The answers.
The grades.

Readings: Watkins, Chapter 12
Class notes: An Ethernet Simulation
Statistical Experiment Design
Assignment: Assignment 5 available on Wednesday, 6 April; due on Monday, 2 May at 2:00 p.m.
Quiz - Wednesday, 20 April: The answers.
The grades.

Open Lecture about Self Similarity at 5:30 to 7:30 on 9 May in HH 522.

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