MATH 381
SLN 2693, MWF 9:40-10:40, DEN 302

Discrete Mathematical Modeling


Instructor: Tom Milac TA: Sasha Aravkin
tel: 616-3891 aleksand@math.washington.edu
milac@amath.washington.edu office hours: Th 11:30-1:30
office hours: W 3-4 Padelford C113
214 Cunningham Hall

Course description Textbook Schedule Overheads

Course Description

We will discuss models used in four topic areas.
Surface growth
Markov chains: Google's page ranking algorithm
Biological sequence analysis
Graph theory and network flows

Four homeworks will be assigned, one corresponding to each topic area. It will be required that these homeworks be submitted in the form of a typeset report and that the reports be well-organized and clearly and succinctly written (this is a 'W' course). All assignments will include a substantial computing component.

Textbook

No textbook is required for the course. The overheads used in class will be made available via this page (below).

Schedule

Follow links in the table below to obtain a copy of the homework in PostScript (.ps) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.

First class Monday, 6/19 9:40-10:40 AM, DEN 302
Homework #1 due Friday, 7/7 .ps, .pdf
No class Monday, 7/3 July 4 holiday
Homework #2 due Friday, 7/21 .ps, .pdf, MiniWeb
Homework #3 due Friday, 8/4 .ps, .pdf, BLOSUM50 matrix
Homework #4 due Friday, 8/18 .ps, .pdf, Network #1, Network #2
Last class Friday, 8/18  

Overheads

Use the name and password that was provided to you to access the overheads files. These files will change periodically as I add to or correct them.

Organization and requirements .ps, .pdf
Outline .ps, .pdf
Random growth models .ps, .pdf
Markov chains .ps, .pdf
Biological sequence analysis .ps, .pdf
Hidden Markov models .ps, .pdf
Networks .ps, .pdf

<milac@amath.washington.edu> Thu Jul 8 10:01:24 2004