Tentative Course Schedule

Note that this a preliminary schedule that is subject to change as the term progresses. We will try to announce any changes through the appropriate channels, but this web-page should be viewed as authoritative. Please keep checking it regularly for updates.

Date Topic Lecture Assignments
08/28 Introduction & Overview SlidesReading list HW0 out!
08/30 Probability Review SlidesReading list
09/04 Probability Review SlidesReading list HW0 Due. HW1 out!
09/06 Prob. Review Cont. & Intro to Combinatorial Modeling SlidesReading list
09/11 Combinatorial Modeling Slides
09/13 Combinatorial Wrap up SlidesReading list
09/18 State Space Methods I SlidesReading list HW1 DueHW1 Solutions
09/20 Probability Quiz Probability Quiz
09/25 State Space Methods II: DTMC SlidesReading list HW2 out!
09/27 State Space Methods III: DTMC
10/02 State Space Methods IV: DTMC Wrap up – Page Rank Reading list
10/04 State Space Methods V: CTMC Reading list
10/09 State Space Methods VI: CTMC Lecture notes
10/11 State Space Methods VII: CTMC Lecture notes (same as above) Proposal template
10/16 State Space Methods VIII: CTMC Lecture notes Project Proposal DueHW 3 out!!
10/18 State Space Methods IX: CTMC Lecture notes
10/23 State Space Methods X Lecture notes
10/25 Intro to Queues I Slides
10/30 Intro to Queues II Slides Sample Questions
11/01 Queue Wrapup and Sample Questions Sample Questions v2
11/06 Midterm
11/08 Simulation I Slides
11/13 Random Number Generators Slides
11/15 Generating Random Variates SlidesLecture Notes
11/20 Thanksgiving Break
11/22 Thanksgiving Break
11/27 Simulation IV Slides
11/29 Simulation V Slides
12/04 Simulation VI Slides
12/06 Simulation VII Slides
12/11 No class – Project office hours