CSCI 4210/6210: SIMULATION AND MODELING

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SCHEDULE OF TOPICS (click here)


CLASS TIME:

	12:20 PM - 1:10 PM (Mon)	Boyd	306
	12:30 PM - 1:45 PM (Tue, Thu)	Boyd	306

Buildings:	Boyd Graduate Studies Bldg (1023)	306	Class
	Barrow Hall (1021)	217D	Office

Maria Hybinette Barrow 217D maria@cs.uga.edu

Abhishek Chugh Boyd 201 Boyd achugh@arches.uga.edu

Mondays	1:15 pm-3:15 pm	Hybinette (Barrow 217 D)	(and by appointment - maria@cs.uga.edu)
Tuesdays	2:00 pm-3:00 pm	Chugh (Boyd 201 B)	.

PREREQUISITES:

Proficiency in Data Structures and C or Java,

Study complex dynamic systems, examining their performance, reliability, etc. The reason for doing this is to improve such systems either in the design phase (before a costly system is built) or the operation phase (tune or upgrade). A simulation model may be used for such studies. It is an approximation of the complex system that captures its essential properties and often mimics the behavior of the actual system. Behavior is studied by carrying out multiple runs of the simulation model to produce statistical outputs of properties such as system response time or throughput.

TEXT:

Discrete-Event System Simulation, 3/E Jerry Banks, John S. Carson, II, Barry L. Nelson, David M. Nichol ISBN 0-13-088702-1; © 2001

OTHER TEXT(S): (not required)

Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Third Edition Averill M. Law and W. David Kelton ISBN: 0070592926 \251 2000

See schedule here

EVALUATION:

Participation	5%
Homework (1-12)	20%
Exam I	10%
Exam II	10%
Final Exam	15%
Projects (1-5)	40%

UNDERGRADUATE VS. GRADUATE CREDIT:

You may take this course for undergraduate (CSCI 4210) or graduate (CS 6210) level credit. Both versions of the course will have the same lectures. The graduate version will require additional work on homework assignments and may include different examination questions. Projects for graduate credit must be research oriented, and typically will require experimentation (requiring software development to create the experiments).

TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT MAY BE ASSIGNED:

• Game (dice, roulette or card came)
• Discrete event simulation engine
• Process interaction simulation engine
• Traffic simulation application
• Air-traffic simulation application

CLASS POLICIES:

The purpose of the assignments is familiarization of concepts and details of simulation programming. The assignments are individual projects. However, you are encouraged to ask questions of one another, and to respond to other student's questions. Direct exchange of code is prohibited, as is line-by-line assistance. This is checked for every assignments

No outside assistance is permitted (exceptions: instructor or TA).

Unless otherwise specified, exams are closed-book and no additional materials may be used.

Missing an exam: absence due to serious illness will be an acceptable reason for missing an exam. Doctor's diagnostic note is required. The final grade will be scaled accordingly.

Assigned homework must be typed.

• Class web page: http://www.cs.uga.edu/~maria/classes/4210-Spring-2004
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• 01/06/03 Working on getting e-mail list set up.