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Some additional useful information (Lecture and assessment schedule; Resources for students) is below:
Lecture and assessment schedule:
The following table lists the tentative schedule. Students will be informed of any changes during the lecture and by announcements on the notice page.
Sometimes the lecture hours may be used to discuss revision problems.
The format given in the table below is only a guide. The format may vary from what's stated below.
Week | Date | Lecture topic | Assessments |
1 |
13 Feb
+ 16 Feb |
Introduction to capacity planning
+ Queueing Models, Basic operational analysis |
|
2 |
20 Feb
+ 23 Feb |
Advanced operational analysis. Workload characterisation
+ Single server queues with Poisson Arrival |
|
3 |
27 Feb
+ 2 Mar |
Multi-server queues with Poisson Arrival. Markov model (1)
+ Markov chain |
|
4 |
5 Mar
+ 8 Mar |
Non-Markovian queues. Processor sharing.
+ Discrete event simulation (1): Organising discrete event simulation Priority queues. |
|
5 |
12 Mar
+ 15 Mar |
Discrete event simulation (2): Analysing simulation data
+ Discrete event simulation (3): Comparing two systems Discrete event simulation (4): Generating random numbers |
Assignment due
Fri 15 March 2024 |
6 |
19 Mar
+ 22 Mar |
Flexibility Week. No lectures |
|
7 |
26 Mar
+ 29 Mar |
Queueing disciplines. Queueing applications
+ [Good Friday public holiday. No lectures.] |
|
8 |
2 Apr
+ 5 Apr |
Mean value analysis
+ Optimisation and network planning (1): Linear Programming |
|
9 |
9 Apr
+ 12 Apr |
Optimisation and network planning (2): Integer Programming
+ Optimisation and network planning (3): Network flow |
|
10 |
16 Apr
+ 19 Apr |
Optimisation and network planning (4): Placement problem
+ Optimisation and network planning (5). Revision |
Project due
Fri 19 April 2024 |
11 |
|
No lectures. |
Resources for students :
Textbook: There is no single text book. Please refer to lecture notes for references.
A number of lectures are based on
Reference Texts:
Other Resources: Lecture materials may also be drawn from journal papers, conference papers and magazine articles published by professional bodies such as IEEE and ACM.
Software Availability:
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