Classes :            Mondays  &  Wednesdays ,    3:50 -   5:10 ,    Old Chemistry 135 .

Office Hours :   Mondays  &  Wednesdays ,  11:00 - 12:30 .

Textbook :         A.M. Law & W.D. Kelton , ``Simulation Modeling and Anaysis'' (fourth edition) ,
                           McGraw Hill , 2007  (web site: www.mhhe.com/law) .

                       Chapter   1 :  Basic Simulation Modeling.

elements from  Chapter   3 :  Simulation Software.

elements from  Chapter   4 :  Review of Basic Probability and Statistics.

                       Chapter   9 :  Output Data Analysis for a Single System.

elements from  Chapter   6 :  Selecting Input Probability Distributions.

elements from  Chapter   5 :  Building Valid, Credible, and Appropriately Detailed Simulation Models.

                       Chapter   7 :  Random-Number Generators.

elements from  Chapter   8 :  Generating Random Variates.

Time permitting, the course will also deal with :

elements from  Chapter 10 :  Comparing Alternative System Configurations.

elements from  Chapter 11 :  Variance-Reduction Techniques.

Course grades will be calculated according to the following schema

                                                                 Homeworks (5 ~ 6)      40%

                                                                 Project                          25%

                                                                 Final Exam                  35%