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Unit 1: Foundations

Learning Goals

  • Explain core course concepts and terminology.
  • Compare analytic modelling and simulation modelling approaches.
  • Apply basic probability, statistics, and stochastic process concepts to performance and dependability problems.
Week Session Topic Date and time Readings Exercises
34 Lecture 1 Introduction - what it is all about, concepts, and terminology TBD Chapter 1 [1] Ex 1: Introduction
35 Lecture 2 Analytic and simulation modelling TBD [2], [3], Chapter 4 [1] Ex 3: Simulation modelling
36 Lecture 3 Probability, statistics, stochastic processes, and measurements TBD Chapters 2, 3, and 8 [1] Ex 2: Fundamentals of probability; Ex 7: Time and event processes

Lab

Week Lab Publish Deadline
37 Lab I: Visit Samfundet modelling TBD TBD