General Information for Midterm
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1. During the class-hour, Thursday, October 25.

2. Format:

  --  simple derivations (few lines, as done in class)
  --  explanations
  --  questions on both basic simulation and basic analysis, with emphasis
      on the word simple
   

3. Topics:

    -- Early lectures on how to do event-scheduling simulation, how to compute 
       statistics in simulation
    -- all statistical distributions done in class
    -- memorylessness, independence, dependence, mean, variance, covariance
    -- random numbers, independence, exponential random numbers, uniform random numbers
    -- very simple models (Poisson, simple birth-death, M/M/1 queue) as done in class
    -- operational analysis
    -- Burke's Thm

** If there is any change as I make the exam I will update this page. **


NOTE: The exam is closed-book, but you are allowed to bring one standard page (8.5x11 ins) of notes.