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
Start Math Review

Module 1.1, 1.2
Module 3.1 w/ download
Class Survey

Friday,
February 8

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
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 &
Random Distributions

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
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