Interactive Demonstrations of Stochastic and Statistical Models

Lecture	Class Material	Supporting Material and Links	Comments
1) 6.11.08 Introduction to Interactive Demos	Lesson1_v1.nb Lesson1_v1.pdf	The "About" page of the Wolfram Demonstration Proejct. The Statistics category of the Wolfram Demonstration Project, currently has approximately 300 demonstrations. Searching the Wolfram Demonstration Project for "Operations Research", currently approximately 20 demonstrations. Optional: Pages 4-21 of A Tour of Mathematica, of "The Mathematica Book", by S. Wolfram, scanned by the Library.
2) 13.11.08 Mathematica as a "calculator"	Lesson2_v1.nb Lesson2_v1.pdf	Brief introductory screen cast to Mathematica - "15 minutes mathematica" Pages 16-59 of "A Crash Coure in Mathematica" by S. Kaufmann, scanned by the Library. Optional: Chapters 1 and 2 of "Mastering Mathematica" by J.W. Gray, scanned by the Library. Pages 26-107, Chapters 1.0 - 1.6 of "The Mathematica Book", by S. Wolfram, scanned by the Library.
3) 20.11.08 Programming Mathematica 1 of 3	Lesson3_v1.nb Lesson3_v1.pdf	Pages 115-126 of "A Crash Coure in Mathematica" by S. Kaufmann, scanned by the Library. Pages 151-185 of "A Crash Coure in Mathematica" by S. Kaufmann, scanned by the Library. Pages 108-132 (Chapters 1.7,1.8) of "The Mathematica Book", by S. Wolfram, scanned by the Library. Optional: Parts from Chapters 1 and 2 of "Mastering Mathematica" by J.W. Gray, scanned by the Library.
4) 27.11.08 Programming Mathematica 2 of 3	Lesson4_v1.nb Lesson4_v1.pdf	Parts from chapter 8 of "Mastering Mathematica" by J.W. Gray, scanned by the Library. Parts from chapter 4 of "Programming in Mathematica" by R. Maeder, scanned by the Library. Optional: Chapter 5 of "Mastering Mathematica" by J.W. Gray, scanned by the Library.
5) 4.12.08 Programming Mathematica 3 of 3	Lesson5_v1.nb Lesson5_v1.pdf	Optional: Mathematica Tuturial: Introduction to Manipulate Mathematica Tuturial: Introduction to Dynamic
6) 11.12.08 Probability Distributions Demos	Lesson6_v1.nb Lesson6_v1.pdf "Scratch" from class:ClassScratch_6.nb	Search the The Wolfram Demonstration Project Optional: Perhaps look at this site. Or at this site, by S. Holmes. Other Java Applets are through here.
7) 18.12.08 Stochastic Simulation Demos	Lesson7_v1.nb Lesson7_v1.pdf "Scratch" from class: Lesson7_Scratch_1.nb Lesson7_Scratch_2.nb Lesson7_Scratch_3.nb	Search the The Wolfram Demonstration Project Parts of Mathematica Tuturial: Advanced Manipulate Functionality Optional: Mathematica Tuturial: Advanced Dynamic Functionality
8) 25.12.08 Statistical Inference Demos	Lesson8_v1.nb Lesson8_v1.pdf from class: Lesson8_v1_scratch.nb	Search the The Wolfram Demonstration Project Optional: Get further ideas from Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics Get further ideas from AniWiki
9) 1.1.09 Creating Demos For the Wolfram Demonstration Project . Explanation of Course Final Project.	Lesson9.pdf	Optional: On line Free Seminar (given periodically) for Creating Demonstrations Joining the Wolfram Demonstration Project as a Contributor Mathematica Tuturial: Views
10) 12. 1.09 Queueing Demos 1 of 3	Lesson10.nb Lesson10.pdf	Chapters 4 and 5 of "Introduction to the Mathematics of Operations Research with Mathematica", by K. J. Hastings, scanned by the Library. Search the The Wolfram Demonstration Project, as of Sep, 2009, almost nothing there for Queueing Theory. The The Queueing Science Exploratorium is still just and idea. Optional: A few other "similar" resources are: MCQueue and Orstat2000 Software by H. Tijms. Also possibly some Software from this list.
11) 15.1.09 Queueing Demos 2 of 3	Lesson11.nb Lesson11.pdf
12) 22.1.09 Queueing Demos 3 of 3	Lesson12.nb Lesson12.pdf

Interactive Demonstrations of Stochastic and Statistical Models - Winter 2009