6.262 Discrete Stochastic Processes
Spring 2008
Instructor: John N Tsitsiklis
TA: Krishna Jagannathan
Lecture:
MW2.30-4
(36-112)
Recitations: R3 or R5
(34-301)
Instructor's office hours: W 1:30-2:30
(32-D662)
TA office hours: T 5-7 PM
(34-302)
Information:
Announcements
final exam and grades
The finals have been graded and can be picked up from Lynne Dell, 32-D664.Enjoy the summer
John Tsitsiklis
Announced on 23 May 2008 4:22 p.m. by John Tsitsiklis
Office Hours
Krishna
Announced on 18 May 2008 10:12 p.m. by Krishna Jagannathan
Final exam info
As usual, the exam will cover the entire semester's material, with a focus on the material that came after the midterm. This is pretty much the entire text except for the following:- branching processes
- Markov decision theory
- round-robin and processor sharing
- Section 7.8 (last lecture)
The exam will take place in:
Johnson Ice Rink Wednesday, May 21
9:00AM - 12:00 NOON
The exam will be closed book, but we will allow you to bring and
use two two-sided sheets with notes.
Announced on 15 May 2008 11:03 p.m. by John Tsitsiklis
Practice Finals, Problem Set 12 etc
(1) Problem Set 12 is now available. It is NOT to be turned in.
(2) I have uploaded some old final exams for practice. I will be happy to help with these problems during my upcoming recitation/office hours.
(3) If you want specific topics to be reviewed during my (last) recitation this Thursday, please come prepared with questions.
Regards,
Krishna
Announced on 11 May 2008 1:35 p.m. by Krishna Jagannathan
Reference on the invariant distribution of Jackson networks
The argument presented in class on Wednesday 4/30 can be found in the book "Queueing Networks" by J. Walrand, Prentice Hall, 1988, Section 1.10, and then in Section 3.5.Announced on 01 May 2008 2:20 p.m. by John Tsitsiklis