| Regular classes: | September 11, 2006 to December 1, 2006 |
| Final Exam: | December 8, 2006 (1430h) |
| Instructor : | David McCaughan
(REYN 220 - x56467) e-mail: dbm@uoguelph.ca Office hours: by appointment (or see me after class) |
| Teaching Assistants : | Robert Collier e-mail: collierr@uoguelph.ca Office hours: TBA, and by appointment |
| Lectures : | MWF 1030-1120 MACK 117 |
| Lab : | Section 0101: M 1130--1320 MACK 224 Section 0102: W 1530--1720 MACK 225 |
| Discussion Forum : | CSC CIS*2460 Forum |
| Web Page : | http://www.usrlocal.ca/~dbm/teaching/CIS2460/ |
In this course, students will refine their understanding of abstraction and problem solving, and apply these skills to the design and implementation of computer-based simulations. Techniques for the acquisition of data, modelling of systems, and analysis of results will be considered in order to evaluate the appropriateness and effectiveness of their designs. An appreciation for the unique problems that arise attempting to simulate a process or system will be developed through case studies, and will be reinforced with assignments in which students will build and assemble a suitable simulation environment over time. Applied work will emphasize problem domains germade to the computer scientist (network environments, client/server simulation, virtualization, etc.).
Students entering this course are expected to have a good grasp of basic procedural programming and experience programming in a high level language such as C. A reasonable background in introductory probability and statistics is also assumed. Knowlege of fundamental data structures is extremely helpful. This body of knowledge will be expanded with additional topics drawn from probability, statistics and operations research and applied to the task of designing, implementing and evaluating computer simulations.
See
calendar discription for additional information (including prerequisites).
J. Banks, J.S. Carson II, B.L. Nelson and D.M. Nicol. Discrete-Event
Simulation. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005 (ISBN 0-13-144679-7)
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