Practical information
- Time: Every Thursday, from 09:15 to 13:15, starting February 22, 2024.
- Location: MED01418
- Exception:Thursday, March 14: CM14. No class on April 4 (spring break), and May 16.
- EPFL Coursebook of the course
- The final presentations of the projects will be held on the last day of the course (May 30, 2024) starting at 09:15 in the regular room MED01418.
The team:
Lectures
| Date | Topic | Slides | Material |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22.02.2024 | Introduction to simulation | Slides | Video [1] |
| 29.02.2024 | Drawing from distributions | Slides | |
| 07.03.2024 | The Poisson process | Slides | |
| 14.03.2024 | Simulation project | ||
| 21.03.2024 | Variance reduction | Slides | Video [1] |
| Statistical analysis and bootstrapping | Slides | Video [1] | |
| 28.03.2024 | Markov chain Monte Carlo methods | Slides | Videos: [1], [2], ... |
| 04.04.2024 | ~~ Spring break ~~ | ||
| 11.04.2024 | Simulation project | ||
| 18.04.2024 | Introduction to optimization | Slides | Videos: [1], [2], ... |
| 25.04.2024 | Multi-objective optimization | Slides | Videos: [1], [2], ... |
| 02.05.2024 | Optimization project | ||
| 09.05.2024 | ~~ Bank holiday ~~ | ||
| 16.05.2024 | ~~ No in-class lecture and lab ~~ | ||
| 23.05.2024 | Optimization project | ||
| 30.05.2024 | Project presentations |
Laboratories
| Date | Lab Session | Material |
|---|---|---|
| 22.02.2024 | Overview | Download Material |
| 29.02.2024 | Random number generation and Poisson process | Download Material |
| 07.03.2024 | Discrete events simulation | Download Material |
| Introduction to simulation project | Download Material | |
| 21.03.2024 | Statistical analysis and bootstrapping | Download Material |
| Variance reduction | Download Material | |
| 28.03.2024 | Markov chain Monte Carlo methods | Download Material |
| 18.04.2024 | Optimization | Download Material |
| 25.04.2024 | Multi-objective optimization | Download Material |
Evaluation
Student performance is evaluated based on the group work through an oral presentation and the class involvement through exercise codes.
Submissions
Each group should follow the guidelines below:
- Create a zip file named "GroupX.zip" (where X is your group number) including:
- PDF file for the presentation, and
- Jupyter Notebooks for both the project and exercises.
- Send the zip file
- Via email to Cloe Cortes Balcells,Pavel Ilinov,Léa Ricard,
- With the subject: "OptSim24 project: Group X".
- The deadline is: 29.05.2024 at 17:00.
Oral presentation
Each student is assigned to a group that will work on a project and prepare a 25 minutes presentation in the end of the course.
- Final presentations date: 30.05.2024 starting at 09:15 (please see the schedule below).
- 25 minutes presentation + 10 minutes Q&A.
- Both simulation and optimization projects must be presented.
- Each student of the group is supposed to present approximately the same time during the final presentation.
| Group | Project | Title | Time | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Train service | 09:15-09:50 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | Online movie | 09:50-10:25 | 4 |
| 15 minutes break | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Vaccination strategy for a pandemic | 10:40-11:15 | 1 |
Michel Bierlaire, EPFL. February 2024