CSC/ECE 579: SCHEDULE (FALL 2012)
The video lectures may be accessed from the Engineering Online webite (available only to students erolled in this course with a valid NCSU login id and password).
"Text" refers to the course textbook. Lecture slides, assignments, and solutions are available in PDF (only to students erolled in this course with a valid NCSU login id and password).
| Date | Topic | Assignment | Due |
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| Aug 16 | Overview, goals, logistics (pdf)
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| Aug 21 | Introduction (pdf) |
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| Aug 23 | Review of probability theory (pdf) Text: Appendix II.1-II.3 |
HW 1 (pdf) | |
| Aug 28 | Review of probability theory (cont'd) | ||
| Aug 30 | Review of Laplace and z transforms (pdf) Text: Appendix I |
Project 1 (pdf) | |
| Sep 4 | Introduction to simulation (pdf) | ||
| Sep 6 | Introduction to simulation (cont'd) Random number generation (pdf) |
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| Sep 11 | Random number generation (cont'd) | HW 2 (pdf) | HW 1 solutions (pdf) |
| Sep 13 | Discussion of Project 1 Simulation design (pdf) |
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| Sep 18 | Estimation techniques (pdf) | ||
| Sep 20 | Estimation techniques (cont'd) |
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| Sep 25 | Poisson process (pdf) Text: pp. 60-71 |
HW 2 solutions (pdf) | |
| Sep 27 | Markov processes (pdf) Text: 2.4 |
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| Oct 2 | Birth-death processes Birth-death queueing systems Text: 2.5 |
Project 2 (pdf) | Project 1 |
| Oct 4 | No class (fall break) | ||
| Oct 9 | In-class midterm exam | ||
| Oct 11 | Discussion of midterm exam Discussion of Project 2 |
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| Oct 16 | Little's law (pdf) M/M/1 queueing system (pdf) Text: 2.1, 3.1, 3.2 |
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| Oct 18 | M/M/1 queueing system (cont'd) |
HW 3 (pdf) | |
| Oct 23 | Simple Markovian queueing systems (pdf) Text: 3.3-3.6 |
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| Oct 25 | Simple Markovian queueing systems (cont'd) |
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| Oct 30 | The method of stages (pdf) M/Er/1 queueing system Text: 4.2, 4.3 |
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| Nov 1 | Bulk arrivals, Coxian distributions Text: 4.5, 4.7 |
Project 3 (pdf) | Project 2 |
| Nov 6 | M/G/1 queuing system (pdf) Mean queue length Text: 5.1, 5.3, 5.5 |
HW 4 (pdf) | HW 3 solutions (pdf) |
| Nov 8 | Mean queue length (cont'd) ARQ protocol analysis |
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| Nov 13 | Discussion of Project 3 M/G/1 queue with vacations Pollaczek-Kinchin Transform Equations Text: 5.6, 5.7 |
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| Nov 15 | Priority queueing (pdf) | ||
| Nov 20 | M/G/1 conservation laws | HW 4 solutions (pdf) | |
| Nov 22 | No class (Thanksgiving holiday) | ||
| Nov 27 | Round-robin and processor sharing disciplines | ||
| Nov 29 | Project 3 | ||
| Dec 13 8-11 am |
Final exam |