CS 1538 – Fall 2009 – Review for Final Exam

Look at the online syllabus to see the relevant material covered this term. Note that the exam will have a closed book section and an open book section. ALL MATERIAL FROM THE ENTIRE TERM applies to the closed book section. Only the material from Chapter 7 on (see starting point in online syllabus) applies to the open book section.

Carefully read over all of the notes from our class meetings, BOTH from the PowerPoint slides (available on-line) and from class discussions and the whiteboard. If you missed any classes, it is NOT ENOUGH to just get the on-line notes -- get the notes taken in class from a fellow student as well.

Read all of the sections assigned in the Discrete-Event System Simulation textbook:

· Chapter 1: all

· Chapter 2: all

· Chapter 3: all

· Section 4.1 (also browse the rest of Chapter 4, but do not emphasize it)

· Chapter 5: all (except the distributions that we did not cover – see Syllabus)

· Chapter 6: all (be able to use the tables in Section 6.4 but you do not have to memorize them)

Open book text material is from this point on

· Chapter 7: all

· Chapter 8: all

· Chapter 9: all

· Chapter 10: all up to and including Section 10.3.3

· Chapter 11: all up to and including Section 11.5.1

· Chapter 12: in detail up to and including 12.2.2, with the remaining sections superficially

Some of the material in the text was emphasized in the class notes/handouts and in assignments and some was not. I suggest reading everything in the text chapters after reading through the notes and handouts and assignments -- that way you will know what to emphasize.

Download, read, compile (if relevant) and execute (if relevant) all examples from my Web page. These examples demonstrate some of the material that was emphasized in class. You should understand every detail of these handouts, including the comments. When running the programs or examining spreadsheets, be sure to experiment. You can also learn a lot by making modifications to the programs and then examining their effects.

Understand all of your assignments:

· Look over your graded Written Assignments 1 and 2. I will give you solutions to Written Assignments 3 and 4. Know the goals, your code and your conclusions from all of your Programming Projects.

Look over your midterm exam and the solutions for it. This will be especially helpful with the closed book section of the exam.