CS 237
Advanced Topics in Modeling and Simulation
Winter 2006

Instructor: Gianfranco Ciardo
Class meetings: Tue/Thu 9:40am - 11:00am, Room: EBUII 139
Textbook: L.M. Leemis and S.K. Park. Discrete-Event Simulation: A First Course, Prentice-Hall, 2006. ISBN: 0-13-142917-5.
Office hours: Tue/Thu 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Room: EBUII 442
Final examination: Tue March 21, 2006, 8:00am - 11:00am
Prerequisites: CS 177 (or permission of instructor)
Credit hours: 4

Catalog description: Formal computer simulation models, such as Discrete Event Specified Models and differential equation models. Current developments in simulation languages. Integrated model development and applications to complex, large-scale problems.

Course organization

Introduction to system modeling: trace-driven vs. discrete-event simulation.
Random number generation.
Discrete-event simulation examples.
Sample statistics.
Next-event simulation and event list management.
Discrete random variables: definitions and how to generate them.
Continuous random variables: definitions and how to generate them.
Confidence intervals.
Putting it all together.

Grading policy

Regular homeworks account for 70% of the grade. A final project accounts for 30% of the grade. Class attendance and participation is expected of all students.

Final grade

An overall grade of at least 90% results in a final grade A.
An overall grade of at least 80% but less than 90% results in a final grade B.
An overall grade of at least 70% but less than 80% results in a final grade C.
An overall grade of at least 60% but less than 70% results in a final grade D.
An overall grade of less than 60% results in a final grade F.

I reserve the right to raise the final grade, but not to lower it: if your overall grade is 89%, I might decide to give you an A- or a B+, but if it is 80% you are guaranteed at least a B.

Last updated: January 10, 2006. Report suggestions and problems to: ciardo@@cs.ucr.edu
URL: http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~ciardo/teaching/CS237/CS237syllabus.html