Class is held every Tuesday & Thursday at 2:10 am.

The course has covered the following topics:
WeekTuesday Thursday
1 8/24/04
Introduction of Dr. Kaplan.
Textbook to be used: Simulation with Arena.
Lecture: 		8/26/04
  • Yahtzee®
  • Distributions
  • Poisson to Binomial
  • Handouts regarding all three - see Handouts
2 8/31/04
  • No class!
9/02/04
  • System, Boundaries, etc.
  • Queuing Systems
  • Server Utilization
  • Handouts 2, 3, & 3b - see Handouts
3 9/07/04
  • Continuous Random Variables (CRV)
  • Random Variables & Probability Distributions
  • See Handouts
9/09/04
  • Distribution Functions for Continuous Random Variables (CRVs)
  • A/B/c/N/k models - examples
  • See Handouts
4 9/14/04
  • Chapter 3 discussed, handout given
  • Kobayashi handout - Markov Chains
  • See Blackboard for On-Line Quiz #1.
9/16/04

Lecture:
  • A/B/c/N/k models - examples
  • Normal approximation to the Binomial Distribution
  • Markov Chains - started

See Handouts
Program #1 given - exercise 3.6 from the textbook - due 9/30/04
See Blackboard for On-Line Quiz #2.
5 9/21/04
Lecture:
  • Markov Chains, continued

See Blackboard for On-Line Quiz #3.
Graduate Project Description given to graduate students.
There'll be a quiz on Thursday on the probability in Kobayashi. It will be CLOSED book/notes/everything! Here's last year's quiz to give you some reference with answers. 		9/23/04
Lecture:
  • Markov Chains, continued

Quiz #1 given
Homework #2 given, due 9/28/04. See Homework.
Survivor Started!
6 9/28/04
  • In-Class Quiz #2 given.
  • In-Class Quiz #1 returned.
  • Take On-Line Quiz #4 by Friday night, midnight.
    See Blackboard for On-Line Quiz #4.
  • No class Thursday
  • Team 4 wins immunity! Teams 1-3 vote off someone!
  • Program #1 deadline extended - will give date & requirements next week.
  • Midterm approaches! Oct. 7, 2004.
9/30/04
NO CLASS!
7 10/05/04
Lecture: Midterm review
About the Midterm
Last year's midterm 		10/07/04
8 10/12/04
  • Midterm returns!
10/14/04
  • Lecture: Random Number Generation
  • Homework #3 due
  • Handouts:
    1. 4.4 Techniques for Generating Random Numbers, Kobayashi
    2. Chapter 7, Random Number Generation, Banks, et. al.
    3. Class notes
9 10/19/04
  • Assignments:
    • Read Chapter 5
    • Next program: 4.10 on page 171
    • Try to send program through Blackboard - Drop Box
    • On-line quiz #6 - take by Mon midnight
  • Survivor: Team 2 wins immunity - vote by Mon midnight
  • No class on Thursday
  • In Class Quiz #3 on Mathematical Induction
  • Use Microsoft Equation! In a Microsoft Word Document: Go to Insert -> Object -> Microsoft Equation
10/21/04
  • NO CLASS!
10 10/26/04
  • The web has been inaccessible from 10/21 to 11/2.
  • Short class; My daughter was sick and I had to leave.
10/28/04
  • Problems from Kobayashi.
  • On-Line Quiz #7 by Fri. midnight.
  • Use Blackboard drop-box to submit programs.
11 11/02/04
  • Blackboard was down periodically during the weekend.
    • On-Line Quiz #7 by Wed. midnight.
    • New Survivor - Phase II.1 will be up after Team 3 votes!
  • On-Line Quiz #8 - regarding Arena - by Wed. midnight.
  • New Survivor - will be on Blackboard later today!
  • Quiz #3 returned
  • Lecture: Random Number Generation
  • Handouts:
    • Handout #13 given
11/04/04
  • Access to the web-site was not available until 11/10/04!
  • Take On-Line Quiz #8 (Blackboard) on Arena, by Friday, midnight
  • Take On-Line Quiz #9 (Blackboard) on Tests of Hypothesis, by Friday, midnight
  • Vote Survivor Phase II.2 by Friday midnight.
  • Vote Survivor Phase II.3 by Monday midnight (will be available this weekend).
  • Homework due today.
  • Handout:
    • Handout #14 given
  • Lecture:
    1. Election - Mod & Sim
    2. Overview of Mod & Sim and what we've covered
    3. Tests of Hypothesis
12 11/09/04
  • The system is now back up - Dec. 6 - better late than never!!
  • Problem with On-Line Quiz #9 - The Power of the Test is accepting the null hypothesis when the null hypothesis is true. (True is incorrect - the correct answer is false.) It's reject Ho when Ho is false.
  • Lecture: Monte Carlo Method
11/11/04
  • No class - Veteran's Day!
13 11/16/04 11/18/04
  • Lecture: Fuzzy Logic
  • Handouts:
    1. Bart Kosko
    2. Figures
14 11/23/04
  • Lecture: Fuzzy Logic Continued
  • Handout:
    1. "Using Fuzzy Set Theory" by C. Radu and R. Wilkerson
11/25/04
  • No class - Thanksgiving!
15 11/30/04
  • Lecture:
    1. Neural Networks
    2. Genetic Algorithms
12/02/04
  • Last Class!
  • Recap & Awards
Final: 12/15: Final, 12 noon to 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, as stated in the Student Reference Manual and Directory of Classes, First Semester, 2004