CIS 410 Spring Y2K Tasks as of Tuesday, January 16, 2:08 PM
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Grade InfoPlease note that October 6th is the last day to drop a class without a passing/failing notation being placed in your transcript. Mid term low grades are due on October 15th. October 21 is the last day to drop without special permission from the Dean. Your class and grade information is always available at http://www.uvi.edu/cerit/cis.htmCIS Class Information
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GPSSH NotesI have posted my GPSSH notes on the Internet. They are at http://www.uvi.edu/cerit/hdoc/gpsshnotes.html please feel free to suggest corrections and additions.GPSSH Notes
1Tue, 23-JanGoals
  • Write a short essay (a page is fine) stating your goals for this course. Complete the statements "At the end of the semester, in CIS 410 I want to have learned…" and "I expect to earn an grade of X by doing the following..."
  • Start your portfolioVisit the site link for Stock Market Simulation to the right. Sign up for an account, and choose some stocks and send me a list of your initial investments. You might want to start your research at http://bigcharts.com
  • Required Task Headers
  • Stock Market Simulation
  • Example Stock Page
  • Big Charts
    • 2Thu, 25-JanChp. 1To hand in: define the terms discrete, event, simulation, modeling.
    Install the GPSS/H program. To start a DOS session in Win 3.11 look for the "MS-DOS Prompt" icon in the Accessories Folder, in Win 95 look for MS-DOS prompt under Start or Start-Programs area. Then follow the instructions as shown in the book.
    Test the program and include in the assignment you hand in the size of the JOEBARB.LIS file that was created. Open the JOEBARB.LIS file with your favorite word processor and print it per the instructions in your handout.
    3Tue, 30-JanChp. 2/3On page 2-11, for Section 2.5 (exercises) answer question 1 part a, b and c. Consider how the resources might become transactions in part b. On page 3-24, for the 3.11 exercises do problems 2 and 3.GPSSH Notes
    4Tue, 6-FebSeize/ReleaseOn page 3-24, for the 3.11 exercises do problems 6, 9, and 10.
    5Thu, 8-FebQueue/Depart 1Redo problem 9 on page 3-27 to find out the average wait for the ticket purchasers and problems 4 and 6 on page 5-17.
    6Tue, 13-FebQueue/Depart 2Do problem 1 on page 5-16.
    7Thu, 15-FebMultiple CustomersFor carnival parades, there are three types of patrons for a Maubi stand. Parade watchers arrive every four minutes plus or minus three minutes. Jouveut participants want a drink every three minutes plus or minus a minute. Parade Participants want a drink every half hour plus or minus a half hour. The parade lasts for three hours. You have been asked to calculate how fast a single servers must be to so that there will be an average of two people in line. Due to other people in the booth getting in the way and frequent breaks to say hello to passing friends, the server's time varies by plus or minus a minute. Highlight the average length of time that each type of customer waits.
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    		Multiple ServersIndividual customers walk into a sit-down restaurant with a capacity of 50 persons every 8 +/- 3 minutes. It takes two +/- one minutes for them to approach the host. If there are seats available, it takes two minutes +/- two minutes to be sat. Once at the table, it takes a drink waiter five minutes +/- four minutes to get the drink order. The order takes five minutes +/- two minutes to be served. It then takes the food waiter five minutes +/- three minutes to take the food order. Food orders take twenty minutes +/- ten minutes to be served. (Meals may be made in parallel). Customers take forty-five minutes +/- fifteen minutes to consume their meal. It takes the food waiter five +/- five minutes to process the check. Over a five hour period, what is the peek occupancy? What is the average length of the line waiting to get in? What happens if there is only one waiter? What happens if there is two, three or four food waiters?
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    		Pred/PreyAssume that an island exists that has only two species of animals on it. There are hawks and mice. Hawks have no natural predators. The surviving hawks and mice from the previous month multiply with some birth rate. Each month some hawks and mice die natural deaths at some death rate. The sole source of food for the hawks is mice. Each month each hawk must eat a certain amount of mice in order to survive. Hawks and mice that can not eat enough die of starvation. Of those mice that do not die natural deaths some are eaten by the hawks. No matter how many hawks there are, some minimum percent of the mice that do not die natural deaths will survive hawk attacks due to survival instincts. The sole source of food for the mice is seeds. Mice that can not eat enough seeds die. The plants on the island produce seeds at a certain rate. You will receive unique values for the above situation. Graph the population values and state the relative population values once they have stabilized.
  • Pred/Prey Example
  • Pred/Prey Code
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    		CisternUse the data in your email to figure out how many times water would have to be purchased given the paramaters that your are supplied. What is the total amount of water fall? How much water was wasted. Answer the questions "how would a cistern twice and half the size change the number of water purchases." Cistern Example
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    		ProductionCreate a spreadsheet like the example to the right using the data specified in the homework area for you. Print the spreadsheet twice. Once showing values. Your sheet name will be in the format "gradecode-productionplanning.html".
  • Production Planning Example
  • Your data File
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    		Production MacrosMultiply all the time per product unit values by 10. (This will greatly decrease the number of values that you will have to test.) Write a macro that tries all possible values to find the best possible values for the Produciton assignment that you have just completed.
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    		Projected SalesView the projected sales graph image to the right then download the fincalc.exe spreadsheet. Use your data set in the homework area under the name "code_salestrends.html" to create a similar graph. Graph, summarize and discuss the data on a single Microsoft Word page. Be sure to predict what you think the next sales value will be.
  • Projected Sales
  • fincalc.exe
  • Homework Files
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    		Final ProjectSelect a location where lines form and record customer frequency/count, time to serve and line length for two hours. Repeat your recordings on at least three days. Describe findings and use GPSSH to model your findings. Discuss how well the GPSSH model mimics Real Life Be sure to get permissions where appropriate.
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    		Test1Test will cover GPSSH concepts. You will be expected to anticipate the length of a line that forms and write code that can test your guess.

    This table was created by a free Excel macro written by Charles Balch.
    Here's the code. It is care ware - it's yours for free if do something nice for anyone (anyone includes you).