| Week | Class # | Date | Topic | Chapter Reading | Slides | Assignments | Program Assignments, Notes |
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| Course Introduction: | |||||||
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| 01 Th | Jan 8 | Syllabus, policies | 6410-Intro.ppt | Logistics, Grading Policies (First Day of Classes) | |||
| Preliminaries: Introduction to Discrete Event Simulation Systems: | |||||||
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| 02 Mo | Jan 12 | Introduction to Simulation | Chapter 1 | 01-intro.ppt | HW 1: An introduction | ||
| 03 Tu | Jan 13 | How to Lie with Statistics | Chapter 1 | 02-statistics.ppt | Drop/Add Ends | ||
| 04 Th | Jan 15 | Simulation Examples | Chapter 2 | 03-handsim.ppt | Taking Pictures with Digital Camera | ||
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| 05 Mo | Jan 19 | MLK Day |
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| 06 Tu | Jan 20 | Simulation Examples | Chapter 2 | GroceryStore.xls | |||
| 07 Th | Jan 22 | Simulation Examples | Chapter 2 | AbleBaker.xls |
Program 1:
BlackJack (Due 1/29 -- extended to Th 2/05)
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| 08 Mo | Jan 26 |
ice storm -- no class
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HW 2: Spread sheet simulations | ||||
| 09 Tu | Jan 27 | Discrete Event Simulation (DES) : Event View | Chapter 3 | 06-eventView.pdf | |||
| 10 Th | Jan 29 | Discrete Event Simulation (DES): Scanning View | Chapter 3 | ||||
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| 11 Mo | Feb 02 | Discrete Event Simulation (DES): Process View | Chapter 3 | 07-processView.pdf | HW 3: Table simulations |
Happy Groundhog Day! |
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| 12 Tu | Feb 03 | DES: FEL Implementations: Calendar & Heap Queues | Calendar queue paper: brown.pdf | 08-datastructures.pdf | |||
| 13 Th | Feb 05 | Simulation Software | Chapter 4 | 09-software.pdf | |||
| Mathematical and Statistical Models: | |||||||
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| 14 Mo | Feb 09 | Statistical Models in Simulation | Chapter 5 | 10-statistics.pdf | Program 2: DES Executive (Due 02/19) | ||
| 15 Tu | Feb 10 | Statistical Models in Simulation | Chapter 5 | 11-statistics.pdf | |||
| 16 Th | Feb 12 | Statistical Models in Simulation | Chapter 5 | Examples board: Poisson, exponential and normal | |||
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| 17 Mo | Feb 16 | Statistical Models Wrap-up | Chapter 5 | 13-statistics.pdf | HW 4: Statistical and Queuing Models | ||
| 18 Tu | Feb 17 | Queueing Models | Chapter 6 | 14-queueing.pdf | |||
| 19 Th | Feb 19 | Queueing Models | Chapter 6 | 15-queueing.pdf | |||
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| 20 Mo | Feb 23 | Guest Speaker: Latency Hiding | Mr Abhishek Agarwal | 16-latency.ppt | |||
| 21 Tu | Feb 24 | Guest Speaker: E-Commerce systems modeling | Prof Eileen Kraemer | 17-ecommer.pdf | Midterm 1 moved to 03/02 due to a need for of a review day | ||
| 22 Th | Feb 26 |
snow day -- no class
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| Random Numbers: | |||||||
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| 23 Mo | Mar 01 | Review for Midterm | Chapter 1-6 | ||||
| 24 Tu | Mar 02 | Midterm 1 | Chapters 1-6 | Middle of Term; Study & understand slides (including guest speakers) and exercises in book, especially your homework | |||
| 25 Th | Mar 04 | Midterm return | |||||
| Fr | Mar 05 | Midpoint Withdrawal Deadline | |||||
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| 26 Mo | Mar 08 | Spring Break | |||||
| 27 Tu | Mar 09 | Spring Break | |||||
| 28 Th | Mar 11 | Spring Break | |||||
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| 29 Mo | Mar 15 | Random-Number Generation | Chapter 7 | 18-random-numbers.pdf | BoardProgram 3: Ants tracks (Due Monday 03/22) | ||
| 30 Tu | Mar 16 | Random-Number Generation | Chapter 7 | Board | |||
| 31 Th | Mar 18 | Random-Number Generation | Chapter 7 | Board | HW 5: Random Number Generation | ||
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| 32 Mo | Mar 22 | Guest Speaker: Research in the BORG lab at Georgia Tech | Prof Tucker Balch | ||||
| 33 Tu | Mar 23 | Random Number Generation | Chapter 7 | Board | |||
| 34 Th | Mar 25 | Random Variate Generation | Chapter 8 | 19-variate.pdf | |||
| Analysis of Simulation Data: | |||||||
| 13 | |||||||
| 35 Mo | Mar 29 | Guest Speaker: Research in Virtual Reality | Prof Leonidas Deligiannidis | virtualreality.htm | HW 6: Input Modeling and Random Variates | ||
| 36 Tu | Mar 30 | Input Modeling | Chapter 9 | 20-input-modeling.pdf | |||
| 37 Th | Apr 01 | Input Modeling | Chapter 9 | 21-input-modeling-cov.pdf | Program 4: Grid Based Soccer Simulator (Due Apr 09)
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| 38 Mo | Apr 05 | Input Modeling | Chapter 9 | HW 5: Solution
HW 6: Solution |
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| 39 Tu | Apr 06 | Midterm 2 | Chapters 7-9 | ||||
| 40 Th | Apr 08 | Midterm 2 Review | Chapters 7-9 | ||||
| 15 | 41 Mo | Apr 12 | Verification and Validation of Simulation Models | Chapter 10 | Board | ||
| 42 Tu | Apr 13 | Project Discussion/Return HW's | |||||
| 43 Th | Apr 15 | Midterm II return | |||||
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| 44 Mo | Apr 19 | How to Get a Job in the Gaming Industry | Mr. Daniel Reed | GameJob.pdf | Program 5 : Last Project (traffic or stockmarket) | ||
| 45 Tu | Apr 20 | Verification and Validation of Simulation Models | Chapter 10 | 21-validation-verification.pdf | HW 7: Verification and Validation | HW 7: Solution | |
| 46 Th | Apr 22 | Verification and Validation of Simulation Models &
Debugging the Mars Pathfinder |
Chapter 10 & Board | Board | |||
| Wrap-up Semester: Projects | |||||||
| 17 | |||||||
| 47 Mo | Apr 26 | Working in the Gaming Industry and Diablo II | Mr. Doug McCreary | GamesAndSimulation.pdf | |||
| 48 Tu | Apr 27 | Output Analysis for a Single Model | Chapter 11 | 11-output-analysis.pdf | |||
| 49 Th | Apr 29 | Wrap-up & Soccer Tournament | UGA considers this to be a Monday class | ||||
| ** Fr | Apr 30 | Reading Day | |||||
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| ** Mo | May 03 | Final's Week: Day 1 | |||||
| ** Tu | May 04 | Final's Week: Day 2 | |||||
| ** We | May 05 | Final's Week: Day 3 | |||||
| ** Th | May 06 | Final Exam *** 12:00 noon -- 3 pm Boyd 306 |
Chapter 1-11 | Final's Week: Day 4 | |||
| ** Fr | May 07 | Final's Week: Day 5 | |||||
| ** Sa | May 08 | Commencement | |||||
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| ** Mo | May 10 | Grades Due | |||||
Maria Hybinette (maria@cs.uga.edu)