Useful Links
Syllabus
Survey
Honor Code
Honor Code and CS
Departmental Website
Book Website for Introduction to Computational Science by Shiflet and Shiflet
Stella Site
Vensim Site
Another useful book: Modeling the Environment by Andrew Ford, Island Press
Ford's Website
Schedule
Items in italic are tentative.
| Date | Description | Readings | Work Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, February 4 | Syllabus, Introduction to Course |
N/A | N/A |
| Wednesday, February 6 | Overview of Stella |
Module 1.1, 1.2 Module 3.1 w/ download |
Class Survey |
Friday, |
Finish Math Review Population Growth |
Module 3.2 | On handouts: p314-2,3,4,5 & p308-1 |
| Monday, February 11 |
Population Growth | Module 3.2 | Quest's Stella Tutorial #1 P84: Ex 1, 2 |
| Wednesday, February 13 | More Stella | Module 3.4 | P84: Ex 5, 7 |
| Friday, February 15 |
Constrained Growth | Module 3.3 | Quest's Stella Tutorial #2 |
| Monday, February 18 |
Drug Dosage | Module 3.5 | p93 E3, p94 P3 |
| Wednesday, February 20 | Finish Drug Dosage | Module 3.5 | P95: P6 |
| Friday, February 22 |
Competition | Module 6.1 | P107: E4, E5a |
| Monday, February 25 |
Predator-Prey | Module 6.4 | N/A |
| Wednesday, February 27 |
SARS | Module 6.2 | N/A |
| Friday, February 29 |
Review | N/A | Email Models: 7.1 (p257) P1 a,b,c - Glenn & Cameron 7.2 (p262) P1 - Yakov 7.3 (p271) P1 - Alex 7.4 (p276) P1 - Matt |
| Monday, March 3 |
QUIZ 1 | ||
| Wednesday, March 5 |
Over Quiz SARS Discuss Projects |
Module 6.2 | N/A |
| Friday, March 7 |
Project Presentations |
Module 2.2 | Class Presentation of Project |
| Monday, March 10 |
Numerical Error | Module 2.2 & 5.2 | P208: E11 |
| Wednesday, March 12 |
Numerical Integration | Module 5.3 | P31: E2,4,6,18,20,23,25,28 |
| Friday, March 14 |
Malara | Module 6.5 | P167: 3,4 |
| Monday, March 17 |
Enzyme Kinetics Balancing in Flows | Module 6.3 Lecture |
N/A |
| Wednesday, March 19 |
Review | N/A | N/A |
| Friday, March 21 |
QUIZ 2 | ||
| Monday, March 24 |
Mathematica | Module 2.1 | N/A |
| Wednesday, March 26 |
Mathematica | Module 2.1 | Take-home Due |
| Friday, March 28 |
Mathematica | Module 5.1 | N/A |
Spring Break |
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| Monday, April 7 |
Numerical Integration | Chapter 5 (again) | N/A |
| Wednesday, April 9 |
More Integration Empirical Models | Chapter 5 | Review Questions Tutorial 1: 5,9,11,14,17,21 Tutorial 2: 1,3,5,8 |
| Friday, April 11 |
More Empirical Models | Chapter 8 | Review Questions Functions: 2,6,9,10,13 |
| Monday, April 14 |
Random Numbers | Chapter 9 | Review Questions Tutorial 3: 1,3,6,11,12,13 |
| Wednesday, April 16 |
Monte Carlo Simulations | Chapter 9 | Review Questions Tutorial 4: 1,3,6,9,11,13,14 |
| Friday, April 18 |
Area Tutorial & |
Chapter 9 | Repeat Empirical Tutorial w/ selected Data (counts double) |
| Monday, April 21 |
Review | N/A | Area Tutorial (counts double) |
| Wednesday, April 23 |
QUIZ 3 |
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| Friday, April 25 |
Over In-class Simulations |
N/A | N/A |
| Monday, April 28 |
Animations Random Walks |
Chapter 10 | Return take-home via email by noon Tuesday |
| Wednesday, April 30 |
Over Take-home Fire |
Chapter 11 | N/A |
| Friday, May 2 |
Fire |
Chapter 11 | Review Questions Tutorial 5: 1,2,5,7,8,9 |
| Monday, May 5 |
Life |
N/A | Review Questions Tutorial 6: 1-7 |
| Wednesday, May 7 |
Other Types of Simulations | N/A | N/A |
| Friday, May 9 |
Review for Final | N/A | N/A |
| Tuesday, May 13 @ 9:00 |
Exam | ||