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
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