AMS 553 / CET 554 / CSE 529 / MBA 553

Simulation  &  Modeling

Fall  2008


Reading List


( Web site for fourth edition of the textbook:   www.mhhe.com/law )

Page numbers below refer to the fourth edition.   A  version  that refers to the third edition is also available.


Chapter  1 ( slides ) :    pp.      1 -   83 .


Chapter  3 ( slides ) :    pp.  187 - 200  (Sections  3.1 - 3.4) .


Chapter  4 ( slides ) :    pp.  214 - 239 .


Chapter  9 ( slides ) :    pp.  485 - 541 (i.e. , excluding Appendix 9A,  pp. 542 - 543) .

                                         In Section 9.5.3, we are only interested in the material on the
                                         Method of Batch Meanspp. 520 - 522, and the discussion
                                         related to it in Tables 9.9 & 9.10, nbsp; pp. 527 - 529 .
                                         The rest of the material in Section 9.5.3 is excluded .


Chapter  7 ( slides ) :   pp.  389 - 419  (However, note that we shall cover Section 7.4,
                                                             pp. 405 - 414, in the “overview” manner of the
                                                            Chapter 7 slides,  pages 7-15 to 7-20, rather than
                                                            at the level of technical detail given in the textbook) .


Chapter  8 ( slides ) :   pp.  422 - 443  &  pp.  477 - 478  (Sections 8.1 & 8.2, through to the end
                                                                                          of Subsection 8.2.5 ;  and Appendix 8A) .

                                     p.    448          (Subsections 8.3.1 & 8.3.2) .

                                   pp.   457 - 459  (Subsections 8.3.15 & 8.3.16) .

                                   pp.   459 - 465  &  pp.  478 - 479  (Section 8.4, through to the end of
                                                                                           Subsection 8.4.3 ;  and Appendix 8B) .

                                  [ The items above correspond to the following pages in the Chapter 8 slides :  pp. 8-2 to 8-33 ] .


Chapter 11 ( slides ) :   pp.  577 - 600  (Sections 11.1, 11.2 & 11.3 , 
                                                              corresponding to  pp. 11-2 to 11-18 in the Chapter 11 slides) .