CDA6530: Performance Models of Computers and Networks

CDA 6530: Performance Models of Computers and Networks

Fall 2012

For powerpoint slides of lectures, you can goto: http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~czou/CDA6530/ppt/ to download the corresponding ppt files. Some math notations may not be correctly displayed due to different fonts on different computers.

The "written notes" are what the instructor writes on tablet PC whiteboard in each class.

1. (08/21) Class overview, review of probability (intro, prob-1, written notes)
2. (08/23) probability (continue, written notes)
3. (08/28) Review of random variable (random, written notes)
4. (08/30) Examples of random variable (written notes, homework 1 is due Sept. 9th midnight via webcourse)
5. (09/04) Continue example of random variable (written notes)
6. (09/06) Continue example of random variable (written notes)
7. (09/11) Stochastic process: Counting, Bernulli, Poisson process (stochastic, written notes)
8. (09/13) Basic Matlab introduction; (matlab) a good Matlab programming tips document
9. (09/18) Generating random number and random variables (generate-rv) programming project 1 is assigned and due Sept. 27th (written notes)
10. (09/20) Stochastic process: continue
11. (09/25) Stochastic process: Markov chain, Markov process (written notes)
12. (09/27) Matlab Simulink for numerical solutions of differential equations (simple worm model simulink example); Programming project 2 is assigned and due Oct. 7th midnight (written notes; tips on how to present figures)
13. (10/02) Stochastic process: continue; Hidden-Markov model (HMM-intro, written notes)
No class on 10/04 (campus closed at noon due to football game)
14. (10/09) HMM (continue); how to draw figures for academic paper (ppt); Basic queuing theory: M/M/1 queue (queue-1) (written notes)
15. (10/11) Basic queuing theory: M/M/1 queue (continue) (written notes)
16. (10/16) Basic queuing theory: M/M/*/* queue; Examples of stochastic process and M/M/1 queue (examples) (written notes)
17. (10/18) Examples (continues); Basic queuing network (queue-network); homework 2 is assigned and due Oct. 27th midnight) (written notes)
18. (10/23) Basic queuing network (continue); Using Simulation for Statistical Analysis and Verification (statistic-matlab, matlab code) (written notes)
19. (10/25) Transform theory (transform) (written notes) Midter-reveiw
20. (10/30) Take-home Mid-term exam (no lecture this day)
21. (11/06) Discrete-time and discrete-event simulation (DiscreteEventSimulation) (written notes)
22. (11/08) Discrete-event simulation; explanation of programming project 2 (Due Nov. 18th)
23. (11/13) Example of discrete-event simulation of three caller problem in homework 2 based on Markov Model (DiscreteEventSimulation-example, simulation Matlab code) (written notes)
24. (11/15) Statistical analysis of simulated data (confidence-interval, Matlab example code); explanation of Project 4 which is due Nov. 27th (written notes)
25. (11/20) NS2 tutorial: part 1 (NS2-tutorial, twoNode example code, 2UDP3Nodes)
26. (11/27) NS2 tutorial: part 2 (2UDP3Nodes, TCP3Source, ringLinkfailure example codes) written notes
27. (11/29) last class (no final exam): project 5 is assigned and due Dec. 10th; explain project 4 solution