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Principles of Design II
Spring Semester 2000

Spring 2000 - SYLLABUS (subject to revision)

Week
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Begin
Date
Lecture Topic

1
20 Jan Discrete random trials: Binomial, Geometric, & Pascal Distributions

2
24 Jan Poisson processes: Poisson, Exponential, Erlang Distributions

3
31 Jan Random numbers, Introduction to Simulation

4
7 Feb Introduction to Arena

5
14 Feb Curve fitting, goodness-of-fit test

6
21 Feb Extreme Value Dist'ns: Weibull & Gumbel

7
28 Feb Reliability of components & systems

8
6 Mar Midterm Exam (Wednesday)

9
13 Mar Spring break!

10
20 Mar Queueing theory

11
27 Mar

12
5 Apr

13
12 Apr Project Scheduling: CPM & PERT

14
19 Apr

15
26 Apr

16
1 May Summary and Review
     Final Examination: Monday, May 7, 7 pm


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