Fall 2002
SYLLABUS
Text: The
Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis, by R. Jain.
Sept 5 Course
Introduction, Chaps. 1 - 3; Review of
Probability Theory, Chap. 12
Sept 12 Review of Statistics,
Chap. 13; Measurement Techniques, Chaps. 4, 5, 7, 9.
Sept 19 Review of
Statistics; Markov Chains;
Sept 26 Introduction to
queueing models, Chaps. 30 - 31.
Oct 3 Additional
queueing models; Simulation Models, Chaps. 24, 25, 29.
Oct 10 Networks of Queues,
Chapter 32; Simulation (Arena); Project
proposals due.
Oct 17 Networks of Queues,
continued. Simulation (SIMAN); Review
for Exam 1
Oct 24 Exam 1;
Advanced simulation topics.
Oct 31 Algorithms for
Networks of Queues, Chaps. 34 – 35.
Nov 7 Algorithms for
Networks of Queues, continued.
Nov 14 Modeling Network
Performance
Nov 21 Software for
Modeling
Nov 28 No class
Dec 5 Applications,
advanced topics. Projects due.
Review for Final Exam
Dec 12 Final Exam