Date     Pages      Topics                                                Assignment Due                          Notes
8/29     3-73      Introduction; Syllabus                                  –                       See web site about CD
9/3       77-98    Getting Started                                             –                       Pro Model Demo
9/5     339-361   Distributions & Random Numbers               –                       Get Hand Simulation
9/10   141-151   Model Building I                                         –                       Teams
9/12         –        Hand Simulation Laboratory                        –                        Teams of two
9/17   395-434   Introduction to Promodel                     Hand Simulation                  –
9/19    99-139    Data collection                                      L3.4-1 a to e                     –
9/24    99-139            and Analysis                                  L4.5-1                              –
9/26   437-442   Use of Stat::Fit                                      5.14-19 and –>     What if a = .25, .01?
10/1   151-170   Model Building II                                  L5.5-2, -3 and –>  Comment on WHY
10/3    445-465  Model                                                         –                                       –
10/8    445-465     Concepts                                           6.7-23 and –>         Look at -22 also
10/10  173-190  Verification                                            L6.11-1, -2 –>       Compare answers
10/17  471-478      and Validation                                          –                                      –
10/22     –          Mid-term Exam                                            –                                      –
10/24  193-218  Simulation                                                     –                                     –
10/29  193-218      Output                                                      –                                     –
10/31  479-486          analysis                                                 –                      Happy Halloween
11/5    221-249   Comparing                                               L8.4-3                                –
11/7    489-492         Systems                                                 –                                     –
11/12  251-272    “Optimization”                                         L9.2-1                                –
11/14  495-514    Simrunner                                                   –                                      –
11/19  515-546    Intermediate Modeling                             L10.4-1                               –
11/21  275-296    Manufacturing Systems                               –                                       –
11/26  299-320    Material Handling Systems                          –                                       –
12/3    549-563    Material Handling Systems                          –                                       –
12/5    569-597    Additional Modeling Concepts                  L11.13-2                            –
12/10     –            Review                                                      L11.13-2          Pick up Take Home
12/16     –            Noon - Take home due; in-class final            –                                       -

GRADING
Grading will be 90-80-70-60 out of a possible 250 points.  12 assignments at 10 points each, a
mid-term at 50 points, take-home portion of final at 50 and the in-class portion at 30 points.
Some leeway for the subjective nature of partial credit may loosen, never tighten, this grading
scale.
 

GENERAL
The above schedule and procedures are subject to change in the event of extenuating
circumstances.  Any student with difficulty in meeting these requirements should contact the
instructor as soon as possible for an attempt to resolve the difficulty.  This especially includes any
scheduled absences due to interviews or plant trips (not another course.)

The student is expected to have met the published pre-requisites for this course.  A student who
has not met the pre-requisites should immediately contact their academic advisor.

GOALS
The major goal of this course is to introduce the student to techniques of discrete event simulation
including both modeling aspects and the statistical analysis and design of such problems.
Secondary goals are usage of experimental design, system abstraction, and presentation
techniques including an introduction to animation using an advanced graphical simulator.
Detailed objectives may be found on the department web-site.