Announcements

12/19

The semester is over!

12/3

The Final Exam will take place on Saturday 12/16 at 13:00.

  • Rooms:
    • Section 4002: CH175
    • Section 5002: CH180
    • Section 6002: CH190
  • Covers everything:
    • Markov chains (Lessons 2-7), roughly 1/3
    • Poisson processes (Lessons 8-12), roughly 1/3
    • Queueing processes (Lessons 13-16), roughly 1/3
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • You will be given a list of formulas (see Exams below).
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

12/4

This is the last week (Week 17) for resubmissions.

  • The final deadline to resubmit a quiz/exam is Sunday 12/10 at 23:59.
  • I will post solutions to all quizzes and exams on Monday 12/11, so you will have them to study for the Final Exam.

11/27

If you were absent on Wednesday 11/22, Quiz 9 is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday 11/29.

11/27

Plan for this week:

M 11/27

Review for Exam 3
W 11/29

Review for Exam 3
R 11/30

EI for Exam 3, 19:00 - 20:00, CH351
F 12/1

Exam 3

Exam 3 will take place on Friday 12/1.

  • Covers Lessons 13-16.
  • You will be given a list of formulas - see Exams below.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

11/17

Plan for the near future:

M 11/20

Finish Lesson 16
W 11/22

Quiz 9
M 11/27

Review for Exam 3
W 11/29

Review for Exam 3
R 11/30

EI for Exam 3, 19:00 - 20:00, CH351
F 12/1

Exam 3

Quiz 9 will take place in class on Wednesday 11/22.

  • Covers Lesson 15.
  • You have the entire class period to complete the quiz.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • You may use your own course materials, as well as any materials directly linked from the course website.
  • You may collaborate with other students on this quiz.
  • Your Quiz 9 grade will replace your Quiz 8 grade if your Quiz 9 grade is higher than your Quiz 8 grade.

Exam 3 will take place on Friday 12/1.

  • Covers Lessons 13-16.
  • You will be given a list of formulas - see Exams below.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

11/13

Quiz 8 will take place in class on Wednesday 11/15.

  • Covers Lessons 13 and 14.
  • 15 minutes, at the beginning of class.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

11/6

No quiz this week!

10/25

Plan for the near future:

F 10/27

Review for Exam 2
M 10/30

Review for Exam 2
T 10/31

EI for Exam 2, 19:00 - 20:00, CH110
W 11/1

Exam 2

Exam 2 will take place on Wednesday 11/1.

  • Covers Lessons 8-12. Does not cover Lesson 13.
  • You will be given the table in Section 6 of Lesson 8.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

10/23

Quiz 7 will take place in class on Wednesday 10/25.

  • Covers Lesson 11.
  • 15 minutes, at the beginning of class.
  • You will be given the table in Section 6 of Lesson 8.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

10/13

Quiz 6 will take place in class on Monday 10/16.

  • Covers Lessons 9 and 10.
  • 30 minutes, at the beginning of class.
  • You will be given the table in Section 6 of Lesson 8.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

10/10
  • No quiz this week!
  • Quiz 6 will take place in class on Monday 10/16, and will be longer than usual.

10/2

Quiz 5 will take place in class on Wednesday 10/4.

  • Covers Lesson 8.
  • 10 minutes, at the beginning of class.
  • You will be given the table in Section 6 of Lesson 8.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

9/20
(updated 9/25)

Plan for the near future:

F 9/22

Review for Exam 1
M 9/25

Review for Exam 1
T 9/26

EI for Exam 1, 19:00 - 20:00, CH351
W 9/27

Exam 1

Exam 1 will take place on Wednesday 9/27.

  • Covers Lessons 1-7. Does not cover Lesson 8.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

9/18

Quiz 4 will take place in class on Wednesday 9/20.

  • Covers Lesson 6 (all sections) and Lesson 7 (Section 2).
  • 15 minutes, at the beginning of class.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

9/11

Quiz 3 will take place in class on Wednesday 9/13.

  • Covers Lesson 5 (all) and 6 (Sections 1-5).
  • 25 minutes, at the beginning of class.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

9/1

No quiz next week (week of 9/4)!

8/28

Quiz 2 will take place in class on Wednesday 8/30.

  • Covers Lesson 3 and 4 (a basic model, e.g., Problem 1 in the Exercises).
  • 15 minutes, at the beginning of class.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

8/21

Quiz 1 will take place in class on Wednesday 8/23.

  • Covers Lesson 2.
  • 15 minutes, at the beginning of class.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

8/14

Welcome!

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Schedule

Date Class Homework

12/6
  • EI in CH379

12/4
  • Wrap-up
  • Student opinion forms

12/1
  • Exam 3

11/29
  • Review for Exam 3

11/27
  • Review for Exam 3

11/22
  • Quiz 9

11/20
  • Finish Lesson 16
  • Lesson 16 Exercises – Problems 2, 3

11/17
  • Start Lesson 16
  • Lesson 16 Exercises – Problem 1

11/15
  • Quiz 8
  • Finish Lesson 15
  • Lesson 15 Exercises – Problems 1, 2cde, 3b

11/13
  • Start Lesson 15
  • Lesson 15 Exercises – Problems 2ab, 3a

11/8
  • Finish Lesson 14
  • Lesson 14 Exercises – Problems 1, 2

11/6
  • Start Lesson 14
  • Work on unfinished homework problems from Lesson 13

11/3
  • Finish Lesson 13
  • Lesson 13 Exercises – Problem 1b, 2, 3

11/1
  • Exam 2

10/30
  • Review for Exam 2

10/27
  • Continue Lesson 13
  • Review for Exam 2

10/25
  • Quiz 7
  • Finish Lesson 12
  • Start Lesson 13
  • Lesson 13 Exercises – Problem 1a

10/23
  • Start Lesson 12
  • Work on any unfinished homework problems

10/20
  • Finish Lesson 11
  • Lesson 11 Exercises – Problems 2, 3

10/18
  • Start Lesson 11
  • Lesson 11 Exercises – Problem 1

10/16
  • Quiz 6
  • Work on any unfinished homework problems

10/13
  • Review
  • Lesson 10 Exercises – Problem 5

10/11
  • Finish Lesson 10
  • Lesson 10 Exercises – Problems 3, 4

10/10
  • Start Lesson 10
  • Lesson 10 Exercises – Problems 1, 2

10/6
  • Finish Lesson 9
  • Lesson 9 Exercises – Problems 5, 6

10/4
  • Quiz 5
  • Continue Lesson 9
  • Lesson 9 Exercises – Problems 2, 3, 4

10/2
  • Start Lesson 9
  • Lesson 9 Exercises – Problem 1

9/29
  • Lesson 8
  • Lesson 8 Exercises – Problems 1, 2, 3

9/27
  • Exam 1

9/25
  • Review for Exam 1

9/22
  • Review for Exam 1
  • Work on any unfinished homework problems

9/20
  • Quiz 4
  • Finish Lesson 7
  • Lesson 7 Exercises – Problems 3, 4

9/18
  • Start Lesson 7
  • Lesson 7 Exercises – Problems 1, 2

9/15
  • How to win at Monopoly
  • Work on any unfinished homework problems

9/13
  • Quiz 3
  • Finish Lesson 6
  • Lesson 6 Exercises – Problems 3, 6

9/11
  • Continue Lesson 6
  • Lesson 6 Exercises – Problems 4, 5

9/8
  • Start Lesson 6
  • Lesson 6 Exercises – Problems 1, 2

9/6
  • Finish Lesson 5
  • Lesson 5 Exercises – Problems 1c, 2d, 3

9/1
  • Start Lesson 5
  • Lesson 5 Exercises – Problems 1ab, 2abc

8/30
  • Quiz 2
  • Finish Lesson 4
  • Lesson 4 Exercises – Problem 3

8/28
  • Finish Lesson 3
  • Start Lesson 4
  • Lesson 4 Exercises – Problems 1, 2

8/23
  • Quiz 1
  • Start Lesson 3
  • Lesson 3 Exercises – Problems 1, 2

8/21
  • Finish Lesson 2
  • Lesson 2 Exercises – Problems 2, 3, 5

8/18
  • Start Lesson 2
  • Lesson 2 Exercises – Problem 1, 4

8/17
  • Course logistics
  • Lesson 1
  • Complete the student questionnaire (sent by email)

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Course Logistics

Lessons

Dates Lesson
  • 11/20
  • 11/17
 16 Standard queueing models
  • 11/15
  • 11/13
 15 The birth-death process – performance measures
  • 11/8
  • 11/6
 14 An introduction to queueing processes – the birth-death process
  • 11/3
  • 10/27
  • 10/25
 13 A very brief introduction to Markov processes
  • 10/25
  • 10/23
 12 Spatial Poisson processes
  • 10/20
  • 10/18
 11 Nonstationary Poisson processes
  • 10/11
  • 10/10
 10 Poisson processes – decomposition and superposition
  • 10/6
  • 10/4
  • 10/2
 9 Introduction to Poisson processes
  • 9/29
 8 Review – Poisson, Exponential, and Erlang random variables
  • 9/20
  • 9/18
 7 Modeling with Markov chains, revisited
  • 9/15
 How to win at Monopoly
  • 9/13
  • 9/11
  • 9/8
 6 Markov chains – long-run probabilities
  • 9/6
  • 9/1
 5 Markov chains – n-step probabilities
  • 8/30
  • 8/28
 4 Modeling with Markov chains
  • 8/28
  • 8/23
 3 Introduction to stochastic processes and Markov chains
  • 8/21
  • 8/18
 2 Conditional probability review
  • 8/17
 1 Sample paths

Quizzes

Date Quiz
11/22 Quiz 9
11/15 Quiz 8
10/25 Quiz 7
10/16 Quiz 6
10/4 Quiz 5
9/20 Quiz 4
9/13 Quiz 3
8/30 Quiz 2
8/23 Quiz 1

Exams

Date Exam
12/16 Final Exam
12/1 Exam 3
11/1 Exam 2
9/27 Exam 1