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Phone: (407) 823-6284;   Fax: (407) 823-6253;   MAP  207 MAP 5937 .002 ST:INTR QUANT ASP Spring 2002 , 3 credit hours INSTRUCTOR Dr. Thomas Clarke OFFICE IST 121 OFFICE HOURS M,W,F 2-4 PM On Request PHONE 407-882-1327 EMAIL tclarke@ist.ucf.edu CLASS LOCATION    IST Classroom C CLASS TIMES 4 to 7 PM Monday TEXTBOOK A Course in Mathematical Modeling by Douglas Mooney and Randall Swift HOMEWORK 10 points for assignment from each chapter20 points for project TESTS 20 points for final GRADING SCALE Average Grade 90 - 100% A 88 - 90% A- 86 - 88% B+ 80 - 86% B 78 - 80% B- 76 - 78% C+ 70 - 76% C 68 - 70% C- 66 - 68% D+ 60 - 66% D 58 - 60% D- 0 - 58% F NC POLICY If you attend 800r more of the lectures, take all tests, and have a final average of at least 50% then No Credit (NC grade) will be awarded in place of an F. IMPORTANT DATES Jan 7 – History of Quantitative Methods. Class assessment.Jan 14/Feb 4 – Discrete Dynamics.[Jan 21 MLK Day]Jan 28 – Instructor at San Antonio, Video Mechanical UniverseFeb 11/Feb 18 – Discrete StochasticityFeb 25/Mar 4 – Stages, States and ClassesSpring BreakMar 18/Mar 25 – Empirical ModelingApr 1/Apr 7 – Continuous ModelsApr 17/Apr 22 – Continuous Stochasticity TENTATIVE LIST OF TOPICS Discrete Dynamical Systems, Ch 1Discrete Stochasticity, Ch 2Stages, States and Clusters, Ch 3Empirical Modeling, Ch 4Continuous Models, Ch 5Continuous Stochasticity, Ch 6 ( OTHER INFORMATION Typically each chapter will be covered during two class periods. The first period will constitute 50% lecture and 50% class interaction. During the second period students will present modeling projects drawn from the book and supplementary material will be presented by the instructor. CLASS WEB PAGE http://132.170.193.70/CAP5937/