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This page contains a list of scheduled class meetingsproject due dates, and exams

For the Spring 2013 course, SYST683 / OR649 meets on Tuesdays from 7:20pm to 10:00pm in Innovation Hall Rm 137.

Class Meetings

Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013

Lecture Notes: Session 1 - Introduction and Overview

Introduce Project Part I

Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013

Lecture Notes: Session 2 - Good Practices in M&S

Tuesday, Feb 5, 2013

Lecture Notes: Session 3 - Physical Models of Attrition

Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013

Lecture Notes: Session 4 - Aggregated Models of Attrition - Lanchester

Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013

Lecture Notes: Session 5 - Aggregated Models of Attrition - Lanchester Extensions

Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013.

Lecture Notes: Session 6 - Aggregated Models of Attrition - Non-Lanchester Models; Review for Midterm;

Tuesday, Mar 4, 2013

Midterm Exam (in-class)

Project Part I due

Tuesday, Mar 11, 2013

No meeting - Spring Break

Tuesday, Mar 18, 2013

Lecture Notes: Session 7 - Modeling Target Acquisition

Introduce Project Part II

Tuesday, Mar 25, 2013

Lecture Notes: Session 8 - Modeling the Battlefield Environment

Tuesday, Apr 1, 2013

Lecture Notes: Session 9 - Modeling C4ISR

Student Presentation: Balinder Kaur - "Human Pulse Detection"

Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013

Lecture Notes: Session 10 - Modeling Battlefield Functions; THUNDER; EADSIM

Student Presentation: Kyle Grunden - "STORM Air Combat Simulation"

Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013

Lecture Notes: Session 11 - The Future of M&S

Student Presentation: Taylor Boosmann - "Modeling Shipboard General Quarters"

Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013

Session 12 - Distributed Simulation

Student Presentation: - Arun Pillai - "Modeling CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives weapons)"

Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013

Session 13 - Agent-Based Models; System Dynamics Modeling 

Review for final

Example Final  

Solutions to Example Final  

Student Presentation: - Alan Duda - "A Scenario Builder for Tankduel"

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Reading Day - no class

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Final Exam (in-class); Turn-in Project Part II.

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Project Due Dates

Project Part I -- Tuesday. Mar 4th, due at start of class.

Project Part II -- Tuesday, May 14th, due at start of class.

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Exam Schedule

Midterm -- Tuesday, Mar 4th

Final -- Tuesday, May 14th, 7:20pm - 10:00pm

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Last updated: Jan 17nd, 2013: updated schedule for Spring 2013