Announcements

12/22
  • The semester is over!

12/5

The Final Exam will take place on Saturday 12/17, 7:55 - 10:55.

  • Rooms:

    • Section 4001: CH180
    • Section 5001: CH175
    • Section 6001: CH190

  • Covers everything except the probability review:

    • Poisson arrival processes (Lessons 4-6), roughly 30%
    • Markov chains (Lessons 7-10), roughly 30%
    • Queueing processes (Lessons 11-14), roughly 40%

  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.

  • You will be given a list of useful formulas (see Resources below).

  • No other materials are allowed.

12/5

This is the last week for resubmissions.

  • You may resubmit two quizzes/exams this week.
  • The final deadline to resubmit a quiz/exam is Monday 12/12 at 23:59.
  • I will post solutions to all quizzes and exams on Tuesday 12/13, so you will have them to study for the Final Exam.

12/2

Quiz 9 will take place in class on Wednesday 12/7.

  • Covers Lessons 12, 13, and 14.
    • Does not explicitly cover Lesson 11.
  • You will have the entire class period to take the quiz.
    • The quiz will be roughly twice as long as our previous quizzes.
  • We will have a review in class on Monday.
  • No course materials allowed, except:
    • Your plebe-issue calculator.
    • You will be given a list of useful formulas for birth-death processes and standard queueing models (see Resources below).
  • No collaboration allowed.

11/28

Quiz 8 will take place in class on Wednesday 11/30.

  • Covers Lessons 12 and 13.
    • Does not explicitly cover Lesson 11.
  • 20 minutes, at the end of class.
    • We will have a short review at the beginning of Wednesday's class.
  • No course materials allowed, except:
    • Your plebe-issue calculator.
    • You will be given a list of useful formulas for birth-death processes (see Resources below).
  • No collaboration allowed.

Quiz 9 will take place in class next Wednesday 12/7. This will be our final quiz. Details will be given soon.

11/21
  • No quiz this week!
  • Expect a quiz on Wednesday 11/30, after Thanksgiving Break

11/14
  • No quiz this week!

10/31
  • This is the last week for resubmissions to count for your 12-week marking period grade.
    • This week's resubmissions are due on Sunday 11/6 at 23:59.
    • Quiz 7 and Exam 2 will NOT count towards your 12-week marking period grade.

10/31

Plan for next week:

M 11/7

Review for Exam 2
T 11/8

Exam EI, 19:00 - 20:00, location TBD
W 11/9

Exam 2
F 10/11

No class — Veterans Day

Exam 2 will take place on Wednesday 11/9.

  • Covers Lessons 7-10.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

10/31

Quiz 7 will take place in class on Friday 11/4.

  • Covers Lessons 9 and 10.
  • 20 minutes, at the end of class. We will review the material at the beginning of Friday's class.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • You may use your own course materials (i.e., notes, homework, textbook).
  • No collaboration allowed.

10/24

Quiz 6 will take place in class on Wednesday 10/26.

  • Covers Lessons 7 and 8.
  • 15 minutes, at the beginning of class.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

10/7

Plan for the next two weeks:

M 10/10

No class — Columbus Day
W 10/12

Quiz 5

Review for Exam 1
F 10/14

Review for Exam 1
M 10/17

Exam 1

Quiz 5 will take place on Wednesday 10/12.

  • Covers Lesson 6.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

Exam 1 will take place on Monday 10/17.

  • Covers Lessons 4-6. Does NOT cover Lesson 7.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

10/3

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

  • Covers Lessons 4 and 5. Does NOT cover Lesson 6.
  • 15 minutes, at the beginning of class.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

9/26
  • No quiz this week!
  • This is the last week for resubmissions to count for your 6-week marking period grade.
    • This week's resubmissions are due on Sunday 10/2 at 23:59.

9/19

Quiz 3 will take place in class on Wednesday 9/21.

  • Covers Lesson 4, except Sections 6 and 7.
  • 15 minutes, at the beginning of class.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • You may use your own course materials (i.e., notes, homework, textbook).
  • No collaboration allowed.

9/7

Plan for next week:

M 9/12

Continue Lesson 4
W 9/14

Review for Exam 0
R 9/15

Exam EI (virtual), 20:00 - 21:00
F 9/16

Exam 0

Exam 0 will take place on Friday 9/16.

  • Covers Lessons 2-3. Does NOT cover Lesson 4.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

9/6

Quiz 2 will take place in class on Wednesday 9/7.

  • Covers Lesson 2 Section 5 (expected value and variance) and Lesson 3.
  • 15 minutes, at the beginning of class.
  • You may use your plebe-issue calculator.
  • No other materials allowed.
  • No collaboration allowed.

8/29

Quiz 1 will take place in class on Wednesday 8/31.

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

8/18

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Schedule

Date Class Homework

12/9
  • Wrap up
  • Student opinion forms

12/7
  • Quiz 9

12/5
  • Review
  • Work on any unfinished homework problems

12/2
  • Finish Lesson 14
  • Nelson Exercises 8.8, 8.10

11/30
  • Review
  • Quiz 8
  • Work on any unfinished homework problems

11/28
  • Start Lesson 14
  • Nelson Exercises 8.5

11/23
  • Finish Lesson 13
  • Nelson Exercises 8.6bcd, 8.11

11/21
  • Start Lesson 13
  • Nelson Exercises 8.4abc

11/18
  • Finish Lesson 12
  • Work on any unfinished homework problems so far

11/16
  • Start Lesson 12
  • Nelson Exercises 8.4 (model as birth-death process), 8.6a

11/14
  • Lesson 11
  • Nelson Exercises 7.5, 7.10

11/9
  • Exam 2

11/7
  • Review for Exam 2
  • Study for Exam 2

11/4
  • Review
  • Quiz 7
  • Work on any unfinished homework problems so far

11/2
  • How to Win at Monopoly
  • Work on any unfinished homework problems so far

10/31
  • Finish Lesson 10
  • Nelson Exercises 6.27

10/28
  • Finish Lesson 9
  • Start Lesson 10
  • Nelson Exercises 6.20, 6.21

10/26
  • Quiz 6
  • Continue Lesson 9
  • Nelson Exercises 6.8, 6.11, 6.17c

10/24
  • Start Lesson 9
  • Nelson Exercises 6.5 (transient/recurrent states), 6.6

10/21
  • Finish Lesson 8
  • Nelson Exercise 6.18
  • Finish Exercises in Lesson 8

10/19
  • Start Lesson 8
  • Nelson Exercises 6.7a, 6.17ab

10/17
  • Exam 1

10/14
  • Review for Exam 1

10/12
  • Quiz 5
  • Review for Exam 1

10/7
  • Lesson 7
  • Nelson Exercises 6.4, 6.5 (transition diagram only)

10/5
  • Quiz 4
  • Finish Lesson 6
  • Work on any unfinished homework problems so far

10/3
  • Poisson processes for fun and profit
  • Work on any unfinished homework problems so far

9/30
  • Continue Lesson 6
  • Nelson Exercise 5.21

9/28
  • Finish Lesson 5
  • Start Lesson 6
  • Nelson Exercise 5.20

9/26
  • Continue Lesson 5
  • Nelson Exercises 5.13, 5.15, 5.17

9/23
  • Start Lesson 5
  • Nelson Exercises 5.3ef, 5.10, 5.12

9/21
  • Quiz 3
  • Finish Lesson 4
  • Nelson Exercise 5.8

9/19
  • Continue Lesson 4
  • Work on any unfinished homework problems so far

9/16
  • Exam 0

9/14
  • Review for Exam 0
  • Study for Exam 0

9/12
  • Continue Lesson 4
  • Nelson Exercises 5.6, 5.14

9/9
  • Continue Lesson 4
  • Nelson Exercises 5.1, 5.3abcd, 5.5

9/7
  • Quiz 2
  • Start Lesson 4
  • Work on any unfinished homework problems so far

9/6
  • Finish Lesson 3
  • Work on any unfinished homework problems so far

9/2
  • Continue Lesson 3
  • Nelson Exercises 3.6, 3.7

8/31
  • Quiz 1
  • Start Lesson 3
  • Nelson Exercises 3.8, 3.9

8/29
  • Finish Lesson 2
  • Work on any unfinished homework problems so far

8/26
  • Continue Lesson 2
  • Nelson Exercises 3.3c, 3.4c, 3.5a, 3.19abc, 3.20abc

8/24
  • Finish Lesson 1
  • Start Lesson 2
  • Nelson Exercises 3.1, 3.2, 3.3ab, 3.4ab, 3.5bc, 3.18abc

8/22
  • Course logistics
  • Start Lesson 1
  • Complete the student questionnaire (sent by email)

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Course Logistics

Resources

Lessons

Dates Lesson
  • 12/2
  • 11/28
 14 Standard Queueing Models
  • 11/23
  • 11/21
 13 The Birth-Death Process — Performance Measures
  • 11/18
  • 11/16
 12 An Introduction to Queueing Processes
  • 11/14
 11 A Very Brief Introduction to Markov Processes
  • 11/2
 How to Win at Monopoly
  • 10/31
  • 10/28
 10 Markov Chains — Modeling and Assumptions
  • 10/28
  • 10/25
  • 10/23
 9 Markov Chains — Time-Independent Performance Measures
  • 10/21
  • 10/19
 8 Markov Chains — Time-Dependent Performance Measures
  • 10/7
 7 Introduction to Markov Chains
  • 10/3
 Poisson Processes for Fun and Profit
  • 10/5
  • 9/30
  • 9/28
 6 Nonstationary Poisson Processes
  • 9/28
  • 9/26
  • 9/23
 5 Poisson Arrival Processes — Decomposition and Superposition
  • 9/21
  • 9/19
  • 9/12
  • 9/9
  • 9/7
 4 Introduction to Stochastic Processes and the Poisson Arrival Process
  • 9/6
  • 9/2
  • 8/31
 3 Conditional Probability Review
  • 8/29
  • 8/26
  • 8/24
 2 Probability Review
  • 8/24
  • 8/22
 1 Sample Paths

Quizzes

Date Quiz
12/7 Quiz 9
11/30 Quiz 8
11/4 Quiz 7
10/26 Quiz 6
10/12 Quiz 5
10/5 Quiz 4
9/21 Quiz 3
9/7 Quiz 2
8/31 Quiz 1

Exams

Date Exam
12/17 Final Exam
11/9 Exam 2
10/17 Exam 1
9/16 Exam 0