1.200 Transportation Systems Analysis

Fall 1998

Modified last: December 22. If you would like your final exam and case back, please stop by 1-281 to pick them up.

Class Information

Classroom	1-273
Class times	Monday and Wednesday 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Recitation	Friday 11:00 AM
Required Textbooks	Intermediate Business Statistics Analysis of Variance, Regression, and Time Series, Robert Miller and Dean Wichern, Duxbury Press, 1977 Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms, Third Edition, Wayne Winston Duxbury Press, 1994
Recommended Textbook	Introduction to Stochastic Processes, Erhan Cinlar, Prentice-Hall, 1975

			Phone	E-mail address
Instructor		Stephan Kolitz	(617) 258 3885	kolitz@draper.com or kolitz@mit.edu
Teaching Assistants
Part I		Masroor Hasan	(617) 252 1124	masroor@mit.edu
Part II		Moncef Chaabouni		moncef@mit.edu

The schedule given below is the current plan, and as such it can and probably will change during the term. In essence, the course is divided into two parts, with an exam at the end of each part. The second exam is scheduled as a final exam, but will only cover the last half of the course. The exam dates have not been set yet.

There are eight short problem sets assigned out of the textbooks, along with two longer cases. The readings in the schedule are to be done before the class day in which they are listed.

Planned Schedule of Classes

Date	Class	Topics	Readings	Problem Sets / Cases Due
9/9/98	1	Course overview Material presented	Miller 1.1-1.3 Winston Ch. 1
9/11/98	R1	review of probability
9/14/98	2	Probability spaces, random variables	Miller 2.1-2.3 Cinlar 1.1, 1.2
9/16/98	3	Distributions, expectation, variance	Miller 2.4, 2.5 Cinlar 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2
9/18/98	4	Stochastic processes	Winston 19.1-19.5, Cinlar 3.1- 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5 5.1
9/21/98	R2	random variables, distributions		Problem set 1
9/23/98	5	Queues	Winston 22.1, 22.2, 22.4
9/25/98	6	Simulation	Winston 23.1-23.4
9/28/98	7	Simulation	Winston 23.5, 23.6, 23.9
9/30/98	R3	stochastic processes, queues, simulation		Problem set 2
10/2/98	8	Statistics, estimation	Miller 3.1, 3.2; Winston 23.7
10/5/98	R4	statistics, estimation		Problem set 3
10/7/98	9	Estimation, hypothesis testing	Miller 3.3-3.6
10/9/98	10	Hypothesis testing	Miller 3.7-3.9
10/13/98	R5	hypothesis testing		Problem set 4
10/14/98	11	Regression	Miller 5.1-5.4
10/16/98	12	Regression	Miller 5.5-5.11, 5B
10/19/98	13	Overview of more advanced models	Miller 6,7,9	Problem set 5
10/21/98	14	Overview of more advanced models
10/23/98	R6	review for exam
10/26/98	15	Linear algebra	Winston Ch. 2
10/28/98	16	Linear programs	Winston Ch. 3
10/30/98	R7	linear programs		Case 1
11/2/98	17	Linear programs	Winston Ch. 3, 5	Problem set 6
11/4/98	18	Duality	Winston Ch. 5, 6
11/6/98	R8	linear programs, duality
11/9/98	19	Networks	Winston Ch. 7	Problem set 7
11/13/98	R9	duality, networks
11/16/98	20	Networks	Winston Ch. 8	Problem set 8
11/18/98	21	Integer programs	Winston Ch. 9
11/20/98	R10	networks, integer programs
11/23/98	22	Integer programs	Winston Ch. 9	Case 2 question 1
11/30/98	23	Decomposition	Chapter 10 handout
12/2/98	R11	Case2 questions
12/4/98	R12	Decomposition, review		Case 2 questions 2,3
12/7/98	24	Heuristics	Chapter 10 handout
12/9/98	25	Heuristics