COSC327-08S1 (C) Semester One 2008

Performance Modelling and Simulation

14 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 25 February 2008
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 9 March 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 May 2008

Description

A study of analytical and simulation techniques used in performance modelling of computer systems and networks.

Prerequisites

(1) 36 points from Mathematics, Statistics, or
Engineering Mathematics. MATH115/STAT111/STAT131/STAT112 are strongly recommended. MATH101 is not acceptable; (2) 44 points of 200-level Computer Science including COSC227 or COSC201 RP: COSC208, COSC209 (or COSC204).

Recommended Preparation

COSC208, COSC209 (or COSC204).

Course Coordinator

For further information see Computer Science and Software Engineering Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 1 02 Apr 2008 20%
Assignment 2 05 Jun 2008 20%
Final exam 60%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Kant, K. , Srinivasan, M. M; Introduction to computer system performance evaluation ; McGraw-Hill, 1992.

Kreutzer, Wolfgang; System simulation : programming styles and languages ; Addison-Wesley, 1986.

Law, Averill M. , Kelton, W. David; Simulation modeling and analysis ; 3rd ed; McGraw-Hill, 2000.

Molloy, Michael K; Fundamentals of performance modeling ; Macmillan Pub. Co, 1989.

Ng, Chee Hock; Queueing modelling fundamentals ; John Wiley & Sons, 1996.

Page, Bernd. , Kreutzer, Wolfgang., Gehlsen, Bjorn; The Java simulation handbook : simulating discrete event systems with UML and Java ; Shaker, 2005.

Trivedi, Kishor Shridharbhai; Probability and statistics with reliability, queuing, and computer science applications ; 2nd ed; Wiley, 2002.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $530.00

International fee $2,287.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Computer Science and Software Engineering .

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