Introduction to Stochastic Processes and Computer Simulation


Homework Assignments

 

  1. Bullet Series1.pdf, due by week 3: 19 September.

  2. Bullet Series2.pdf, due by week 5: 3 October. Source file (in latex).

  3. Bullet Series3.pdf, due by week 9: 31 October.

  4. Bullet Series4.pdf due by week 14: 12 December.  Source file.

Project Assignments

Guideline for project management


  1. BulletWeek 2: Define your teams (3-4 people)

  2. Bullet Week 4: Choose a project and start your simulation

  3. Bullet Week 6: State your research goals and verify your simulation model

  4. Bullet Week 10: Submission of first report with goals, objectives and methodology

  5. Bullet Week 15: Hand out final report.

Bike Share (2013)

Project 1: Include maintenance and perhaps re-distribution algorithms

Project 2: Include a central controller with routing and “reservations”

Project 3: Include pricing schemes and economic model


Performance evaluations may include availability studies, customer satisfaction, overall cost of operation, overall profits, sustainability indicators, etc.


Task 1: Set up the SSJ Libraries from Pierre L’Ecuyer’s site. Try the current working code.

Task 2: All to change arrival streams per o-d (origin-destination) pair. On week 5 we will discuss alternatives and choose the best of them for everyone.

Task 3: Design the necessary classes and modules to be added to the current program (weeks 4 to 6).

Task 4: Define your project’s research questions to compare results with current NYC system (due on week 6)