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Applied stochastic processes. Queueing models and their use. Discrete event simulation using commercial packages. A brief introduction to continuous-systems and Monte Carlo simulation. Business forecasting. A mainstream course for MSCI/OR majors.
To cover these topics from an MS/OR practitioner's viewpoint. To ensure that you know what the basic theory and applications of Markov chain models are, can formulate and solve simple dynamic programming problems, and are capable of applying and fitting a queueing model to real data.
(1) MSCI204; (2) MSCI210 or 22 points of 200-level courses in STAT; (3) any one of COSC121, AFIS123, ENEL206, MATH171, MATH282, orany course involving an appropriate level of computer programming, as approved by the Head of Department.
MSCI310, MSCI311, MSCI312
Don McNickle
Banks, Jerry. et al; Getting started with GPSS/H ; 2nd ed; Wolverine Software, 1995.
Makridakis, Spyros G. , Wheelwright, Steven C., Hyndman, Rob J; Forecasting : methods and applications ; 3rd ed. ; Wiley, 1998.
Winston, Wayne L. , Goldberg, Jeffrey B; Operations research (ISE) : applications and algorithms ; 4th ed; Duxbury ;, 2004.
Grading:The marks for the assessment items will be scaled before a final grade is determined. You should not regard 50% as a pass mark.Departmental Academic Policies If you want a hard copy of this document, please ask the course co-ordinator. The Department assumes that you have read this document. You should also read the “Information related to courses and assessment” on page 364 of the Enrolment Handbook 2008 (also in UC Calendar under “General Course and Examination Regulations”).
Domestic fee $1,003.00
International fee $4,176.00
* 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.
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