CS 4230 / CS 6236 Parallel and Distributed Simulation Systems
Course Syllabus and Schedule (revised Nov 20, 2002)
Week	Date	Tuesday	Thursday	Reading Assignment
1	8/20/02	Introduction to Simulation	Discrete Event Simulation	Chapter 1, 2.1-2.3
2	8/27/02	World Views, simulation software	Process-oriented, object-oriented simulation	2.4 - 2.10
3	9/3/02	Synchron., null messages; HW 1 Out	Lookahead	3.1 - 3.3
4	9/10/02	Deadlock Detection, Recovery	Synchronous Algorithms; HW 1 due	3.4 - 3.5
5	9/17/02	Synchronous Algorithms (cont.)	Quiz 1	3.6 - 3.8, 3.10 - 3.12
6	9/24/02	High Level Architecture - Intro	HLA Time Management	7.6
7	10/1/02	FDK Software, projects	Simulaneous events, zero lookahead	3.9
8	10/8/02	Time Warp - Local Control; HW 2 out	Time Warp - global control	4.1 - 4.4
9	10/15/02	break	Time Warp systems; project proposal due	4.5-4.8
10	10/22/02	Time Warp systems (cont.); HW 2 due, HW 3 out	Time Warp - Memory Management	5.1-5.7
11	10/29/02	Time Parallel Algorithms	Time Parallel Algorithms (cont.); HW 3 due	Chapter 6
12	11/5/02	Distributed Virtual Environments	Dead Reckonning	7.1 - 7.5, 7.7-7.8
13	11/12/02	Data Distribution	Quiz 2	Chapter 8
14	11/19/02	Data Distribution (cont.)	Clock Synchronization	9.3-9.5
15	11/26/02	Message Ordering	Thanksgiving	9.1 - 9.2
16	12/3/02	M&S Life Cycle case study	Project Demos; Project Report Due	handouts
		Final Exam
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	Drop Date: 9/27/02