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Results of the Endterm, inspection and re-exam

Written on 15.02.17 by Alexander Lück

Dear all,

the results of the endterm are now available on your status page.

You find your final grade and passing status in the "Gradings" rubric. If you obtained a Bonus it is already included in the final grade.

The exam inspection will be on Friday 10:00 in room 325. (If there's an… Read more

Dear all,

the results of the endterm are now available on your status page.

You find your final grade and passing status in the "Gradings" rubric. If you obtained a Bonus it is already included in the final grade.

The exam inspection will be on Friday 10:00 in room 325. (If there's an overlap with lectures you can also come a few minutes earlier)

If you are interested in taking the (oral) re-exam, please contact Prof. Wolf (verena.wolf@uni-saarland.de).

With best regards,

the MoSi Team

Final exam

Written on 14.02.17 by Charalampos Kyriakopoulos

Dear all,

Everyone who wants to participate in the final exam tomorrow is kindly asked to be at 12.00 in HS001.

The exam will begin at 12.15. Good luck!

Best,

Charis

Sheet 12 bonus exercise typo

Written on 06.02.17 (last change on 08.02.17) by Charalampos Kyriakopoulos

Dear all,

There was a typo in the bonus exercise of the last sheet which has now been corrected.

I apologize for the extra time you might have lost because of this.

Best,

Charis

Bonus exercises

Written on 04.02.17 by Charalampos Kyriakopoulos

Dear all,

Those of you who want to see their corrected bonus exercises for assignments 9,10, and 11,

so that they know whether they need to do the last bonus exercise, can drop by my office (326) on Monday.

Best,

Charis

Lecture tomorrow

Written on 19.01.17 by Charalampos Kyriakopoulos

Dear all,

In tomorrow's lecture we are going to talk about complex networks, their various application

areas in our daily lives, and how we can model them. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Best regards,

Charalampos Kyriakopoulos

Tutorial tomorrow

Written on 11.01.17 by Michael Backenköhler

Dear all,

in the tutorial tomorrow (January 12) we will do a recap of probability theory. Exercise sheet 8 will be discussed next week.

Kind regards,

Michael

No tutorial tomorrow

Written on 04.01.17 by Michael Backenköhler

Dear all,

since there is no sheet to discuss there will be no tutorial tomorrow (January 5). If you have any questions you are welcome to come by my office (room 326).

Kind regards,

Michael

Midterm inspection

Written on 16.12.16 by Michael Backenköhler

Dear all,

the exam inspection will take place on January 3, 2017 from 4pm until 5pm in room 326.

Happy holidays!

The MOSI team.

Slides of yesterday's lecture

Written on 15.12.16 by Verena Wolf

Dear all,

The slides of the lecture yesterday are available for download now. The video will be available in about one hour too.

Kind regards,

V. Wolf.

Forum available

Written on 15.12.16 by Verena Wolf

Dear all,

Please note that our CMS system also provides a forum at https://mcms.cs.uni-saarland.de/mosi1617/forum/viewforum.php?f=3.

Feel free to ask questions there. We will try to answer them as soon as possible.

Kind regards,

V. Wolf.

Registration for midterm

Written on 05.12.16 by Alexander Lück

Dear all,

the registration for the midterm is now open until Wednesday, 14th of December 23:59.

Note that this registration does not replace the registration in HISPOS.

Best, MoSi Team

Tutorial

Written on 04.11.16 (last change on 07.11.16) by Alexander Lück

Dear all,

based on a majority vote via Doodle, the tutorial will take place every

Thursday 14-16 in building E1 3, Seminar Room 016.

Concerning the bonus points: One of the requirements to get the bonus is to present the solutions in the tutorial. Since not everybody can attend the tutorial… Read more

Dear all,

based on a majority vote via Doodle, the tutorial will take place every

Thursday 14-16 in building E1 3, Seminar Room 016.

Concerning the bonus points: One of the requirements to get the bonus is to present the solutions in the tutorial. Since not everybody can attend the tutorial we reserve the right to (occasionally) make an "Interview" with students who submit an exercise, but don't show up in the tutorial. During this "Interview" we'll check the understanding etc. of the submitted exercise.

Have a nice weekend!

Alex

No lecture on Nov 16

Written on 03.11.16 by Verena Wolf

Dear all,

I got the email below concerning the lecture on Nov 16. Since we do not have a lecture hall, there can be no lecture on that day.

Regards,

V. Wolf.

Betreff:	No lectures on Wed., Nov. 16 2016
Datum:	Tue, 2 Aug 2016 16:34:12… Read more

Dear all,

I got the email below concerning the lecture on Nov 16. Since we do not have a lecture hall, there can be no lecture on that day.

Regards,

V. Wolf.

Betreff:	No lectures on Wed., Nov. 16 2016
Datum:	Tue, 2 Aug 2016 16:34:12 +0200
Von:	Erich Reindel <reindel@cs.uni-saarland.de>

On November 16 and 17 the National IT Summit will be in Saarbrücken. 
Therefore three accompanying events will take place on November 16 in 
the buildings of our faculty.

Please note: all lecture halls and most of our seminar rooms are needed 
for these events.

Therefore no lectures and no exercises can be conducted on Wed., Nov. 16 
2016

(http://www.bmwi.de/DE/Themen/Digitale-Welt/nationaler-it-gipfel.html)


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Modelling and Simulation

Lecturer: Prof. Verena Wolf
Assistant: Charalampos Kyriakopoulos, Alexander Lück, Michael Backenköhler

Schedule:

Wednesday 12:15 – 13:45 (lecture), Building E1 3, Room HS001
Friday 10:00 – 11:30 (lecture), Building E1 3, Room HS001

Thursday 14:00 – 16:00 (tutorial), Building E1 3, Seminar Room 016

Credits: 9 ECTS points, advanced lecture

Objectives:
The course aims at giving the participants knowledge of the basic concepts in the area of modelling and simulation. The course will focus on modelling and simulation of real-world discrete event systems, that is, at discrete time instants events occur and change the state of the system. Examples of discrete events are customer arrivals at a queue of a service desk, biochemical reactions in a living cell, telephone calls in a call center, etc. Moreover, continuous models will be discussed and their usage in traffic modelling as well as for the description of biochemical reaction networks.

Syllabus:

Introduction
Differential equations and numerical simulation
Modelling languages: Petri Nets, Reaction rules, Guarded Commands
Introduction to Probabilities
Markov Chains in discrete and continuous time, and their simulation
Non-Markov models and Discrete Event Simulation
Statistical analysis of output
(Mean field models of dynamical networks)
(Advanced simulation techniques)

Prerequisites:
The course is open to students from computer science or bioinformatics interested in modelling and simulation. Mathematical skills and basic programming skills in Matlab are of advantage but not mandatory.

Certification Conditions:
There will be two written exams (mid-term before Christmas). Their grades contribute equally to the final grade (“Schein”). Handing in or presentation of assignments will give a bonus for the final grade. An oral re-exam is possible which covers those parts of the lecture where a retake is desired.
Important: You have to register at the HISPOS system to participate in the exams (except for ERASMUS students).

Exam schedule:
Midterm: Fri, 16.12, 10:15 am

Endterm: Wed 15.02, 12:15 pm,

Text Books:

Stochastic Petri nets: Modelling, Stability, Simulation. Peter Jay Haas, 2002.
Introduction to Discrete Event Systems. C. Cassandras and S. Lafortune, 2008.
Simulation Modelling and Analysis. Averill M. Law. Mcgraw-Hill, 2006. [in the ibrary: OG floor, code is LAW a3 2007:1 1.Ex]
Discrete-Event Simulation. J. Banks, J. Carson, B. Nelson, D. Nicol. Prentice Hall, 2000.
Simulation. Sheldon M. Ross. Elsevier, 2006.
Performance of Computer Communication Systems: A Model-Based Approach: A Model Based Approach to Performance Evaluation. Boudewijn R. Haverkort. Wiley, 1998.
INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY. C. Grinstead and L. Snell