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 | | From: | scottW | | Subject: | advise on math course | | Date: | 16 Jan 2005 17:38:46 -0800 |
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 | I am planning on taking a math course which would help supplement my
computer science courses as well help understanding and solving cs
related problems.
How is the course in Numerical Analysis and its contents are:
Linear and Nonlinear Equations, Linear Least Squares, Eigenvalue
Problems, Optimization, Interpolation, Initial and Boundary Value
Problems for ODEs,Fast Fourier Transform
And the other one is Stochastic Models
reliability, probability, queuing theory, inventory systems, Markov
chain models, Markov decision processes, discrete-event simulation
If one has taken such similar courses please let me know how these
courses helped and what typical research is being done in these areas.
Thanks
Scott
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| | From: | taati at dpir.com | | Subject: | Re: advise on math course | | Date: | 17 Jan 2005 06:55:20 -0800 |
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| > Linear and Nonlinear Equations, Linear Least Squares, Eigenvalue
> Problems, Optimization, Interpolation, Initial and Boundary Value
> Problems for ODEs,Fast Fourier Transform
NOT recommended! This perhaps would be tiresome, unless you have a
specific problem in mind, or any special reason you want to learn the
techniques. On the other hand it can come quite useful depending on
your future job, mainly if you are going to work with engineers.
> And the other one is Stochastic Models
> reliability, probability, queuing theory, inventory systems, Markov
> chain models, Markov decision processes, discrete-event simulation
Again, it can come quite useful, with wide range of application. This
one is perhaps more interesting.
> If one has taken such similar courses please let me know how these
> courses helped and what typical research is being done in these
areas.
I haven't had any work experience on these, but I can reckon how it can
be. The first one comes handy when you have your problem (almost)
formulated. Say, an engineer comes to you and ask you to write a
program to solve his optimization problem. You should find a reliable
method to give good answers in practice.
On the other hand, the second one also involves some modeling. You
will have to interact with engineers/computer
scientists/biologists/economists/... to first create a suitable model,
then analyze it either by mathematical tools or by simulation. Say,
you will have to create a model of the network, and find the
specification of the server.
Siamak
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