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 |
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08/28 | Introduction & Overview | Slides – Reading list | HW0 out! |
08/30 | Probability Review | Slides – Reading list | |
09/04 | Probability Review | Slides – Reading list | HW0 Due. HW1 out! |
09/06 | Prob. Review Cont. & Intro to Combinatorial Modeling | Slides – Reading list | |
09/11 | Combinatorial Modeling | Slides | |
09/13 | Combinatorial Wrap up | Slides – Reading list | |
09/18 | State Space Methods I | Slides – Reading list | HW1 Due – HW1 Solutions |
09/20 | Probability Quiz | Probability Quiz | |
09/25 | State Space Methods II: DTMC | Slides – Reading 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 Due – HW 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 | Slides – Lecture 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 |