ITEC451: Network Design and Analysis–Spring 2013

 

Date

Class Note

Book Chapter and            other reading materials

Comment

Week 1

 

Mon, Jan 21

No class

 

 

Tue, Jan 22

 

 

 

Wed, Jan 23

Syllabus, Pretest

 

 

Thr, Jan 24

 

 

 

Fri, Jan 25

No class due to snow storm

 

 

Week 2

 

Mon, Jan 28

Hands-on Project 1

 

Chapter 1 Introduction to Model Building

 

 

Tue, Jan 29

 

 

 

Wed, Jan 30

Continue Chap 1

 

 

Thr, Jan 31

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 1

Presentation on Project 1

 

 

Week 3

 

Mon, Feb 4

Chap 1: Activity 1 on

Seven-Step Model-Building Process

·         Guidelines for scheduling police patrol cars

 

·         Patrol Scheduling Methods in Texas Police Agencies

http://www.lemitonline.org/publications/telemasp/Pdf/volume%202/vol2no4.pdf

 

 

Tue, Feb 5

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 6

Continue Chap 1: Activity 1

 

 

Thr, Feb 7

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 8

Hands-on Project 2 on Network Design for a small company

 

 

Week 4

 

Mon, Feb 11

Student Presentation on Activity 1

 

 

Tue, Feb 12

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 13

Chapter 2 Basic Linear Algebra

 

 

Thr, Feb 14

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 15

Presentation on Project 2

 

 

Week 5

 

Mon, Feb 18

Continue Chap 2

In-class Activity 2

 

 

Tue, Feb 19

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 20

Continue Chap 2

In-class Activity 3

 

 

Thr, Feb 21

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 22

Hands-on Project 3 on Cisco Packet Tracer

§  Click here to download the one for Windows

§  Click here to download the one for Linux-Ubuntu

§  Click here to see a help to install the Linux-Ubuntu version

 

 

Week 6

 

Mon, Feb 25

Continue Chap 2

In-class Activity 3

 

Chapter 3 Introduction to Linear Programming

 

Activity 4

 

 

Tue, Feb 26

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 27

Continue Chap 3

Activity 5

Activity 6

 

 

Thr, Feb 28

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 1

Presentation on Project 3

 

 

Week 7

 

Mon, Mar 4

 

 

 

Tue, Mar 5

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 6

 

 

 

Thr, Mar 7

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 8

Hands-on Project 4 on Untangle and Wireshark

 

 

Week 8

Spring Break – No class

Mon, Mar 11

 

 

 

Tue, Mar 12

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 13

 

 

 

Thr, Mar 14

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 15

 

 

 

Week 9

 

Mon, Mar 18

Q & A session on the Midterm Exam

 

 

Tue, Mar 19

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 20

Midterm Exam

Study Guideline: All the activities the class notes would serve as a good study guideline

 

List of In-class Activities

§  Activity 1

§  Activity 2

§  Activity 3

§  Activity 4

§  Activity 5

§  Activity 6

 

 

Thr, Mar 21

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 22

Presentation on Project 4

 

 

Week 10

 

Mon, Mar 25

Presentation on Project 4

 

Introduction to:

§  Wireless Sensor Network

§  Witricity research

 

 

Tue, Mar 26

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 27

Chapter 4 Simplex Algorithm

CPLEX programming

 

Thr, Mar 28

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 29

Hands-on Project 5 on PfSense

 

 

Week 11

 

Mon, Apr 1

Exam Review

 

 

Tue, Apr 2

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 3

Continue Chap 4

 

 

Thr, Apr 4

 

 

 

Fri, Apr 5

Presentation on Project 5

 

 

Week 12

 

Mon, Apr 8

Continue Chap 4

Activity 7

 

 

Tue, Apr 9

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 10

Continue Chap 4

Activity 7-1

 

 

Thr, Apr 11

 

 

 

Fri,  Apr 12

 

 

 

Week 13

 

Mon, Apr 15

Chapter 9 Integer Programming

 

 

Tue, Apr 16

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 17

Continue Chap 9

Activity 8

 

 

Thr, Apr 18

 

 

 

Fri, Apr 19

Chapter 14 Game Theory

 

 

Week 14

 

Mon, Apr 22

Continue Chap 14

Activity 10

 

 

Tue, Apr 23

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 24

Chapter 17 Markov Chain

 

 

Thr, Apr 25

 

 

 

Fri, Apr 26

Continue Chap 17

Activity 11

 

 

Week 15

 

Mon, Apr 29

Chapter 20 Queuing Theory

 

 

Tue, Apr 30

 

 

 

Wed, May 1

Q & A on Final Exam

 

 

Thr, May 2

 

 

 

Fri, May 3

 

 

 

Week 16

Final Exam

Mon, May 6

 

 

 

Tue, May 7

 

 

 

Wed, May 8

Final Exam – 2:45pm

Study Guideline: All the activities the class notes would serve as a good study guideline

 

 

Thr, May 9

 

 

 

Fri, May 10