MTH5119 Course Material

QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

MTH5119 (MAS234)

SSS: presentations on 18th in 513 Maths!
Course Material Autumn 2009
Course descriptions and course information

Lecture notes

Assessment and Important Dates

  • Solutions to 2008 paper
  • Last year's exam paper: note the differences with 2008!
  • Solutions to 2009 paper
  • First page of 2010 exam! See also below for the last three years' tests with solutions.
  • Coursework 1: deadline 1145am, 16/10/09!
  • Coursework 2: deadline 1145am, 30/10/09!
  • Coursework 3: deadline 1145am, 06/11/09!
  • Coursework 3: solutions!
  • Last year's test
  • This year's test
  • This year's test solutions!
  • Last year's test solutions!
  • 2007 Test
  • 2007 Test Solutions
  • Mock Test
  • Mock Test Solutions
  • Nov 17th 2-3 Special lecture by Prof. Preece:
  • Nov 19th 10-11 lecture on Simulation for lab6: Group leaders (or spokespersons) MUST inform me of the composition of their group by the end of this session (maximum 5, minimum 4). Any student unassigned will then be assigned by me at random to one of the existing groups.
  • Nov 20th Another special lecture at 12 noon by Prof. Preece
  • Nov 20th, 0930-1130: Lab 6: Simulating Random Variables.
  • Prof. Preece's webnotes: Part 1
  • Prof. Preece's webnotes: Part 2
  • Group Assignment 1 (proposal) TO ME IN THE LAB BY 1015, Nov 27th
  • Nov 24th, 2-3: No lecture. Time to work on your group proposal!
  • Nov 26th, 1005-1055: Lecture on Simulating Sampling Distributions (Lab7)
  • Nov 27th, 0930-1130: Lab 7: Simulating Sampling Distributions
  • Group Assignment 2 (pretest report on draft questionnaire) TO ME IN THE LAB BY 1015, Dec 4th!
  • No lecture Nov 27th 12 noon, or Dec 3rd 1005. Time to pretest your questionnaire!
  • NOTE: RAS's office hours on Thursdays 1345-1445 moved to Mondays 1115-1215 for last three weeks of term (starting Nov 30th)
  • Dec 1st 1405 in Bancroft 3.02: Final lecture: Simulating Queues
  • Dec 4th, 0930-1130: Lab 8 (Simulating Queues)
  • Coursework 4: deadline 1145am, 11/12/09!
  • Coursework 4: solutions!
  • Dec 4th 12 noon, Dec 8th 1405, Dec 10th 1005, Dec 11th a.m.: no lectures but time to implement your survey!
  • Dec 11th 12 noon: you should have finished your survey, contacted all the nonrespondents (if any), and be writing up your results by now!
  • Group Assignment 3 (final questionnaire) TO ME BY 1015 IN MY ROOM, Dec 15th!
  • Group Assignment 4 (report on survey implementation) TO ME BY 1015 IN MY ROOM, Dec 15th!
  • Presentations: Friday December 18th in Maths 513

    Group leaders please be aware of timetable constraints when you agree with me by December 15th the 45min. slot that your group will use. Of course there is no lab and no lecture so most of you should be free for most of the morning (till 1pm).

    1. Please meet beforehand to agree order and topics when speaking. The only facilities will be white or black board and pens or chalk but you may give a brief handout to illustrate your talk. However you will be marked primarily for your oral presentation skills, normally between 1.5 and 3.5 out of 4 (converted to a percentage).

    2. It is ESSENTIAL that the group hands in the final report and questionnaire by the deadline on Tuesday 15th by 1015 so that a copy can be made for Dr. Coad who will also be at the orals (noone else except the rest of your group will be there!). You can refer to the final report or questionnaire in your talk.

    3. Please be there as a group say 10 minutes before the start time in case the previous group finishes early, and so that you are organised properly. Please enter the room together, and then ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME as each of you speaks individually. EACH INDIVIDUAL IN A GROUP MUST SPEAK FOR BETWEEN 4 AND 5 MINUTES

    4. If someone does not turn up, they will be marked zero (unless excused by the Pastoral tutor), and the group should be prepared for this!

    Practicals

    Marks The overall mark for this course is a weighted average of the marks notified to you by email, and your exam mark (which counts 50%). If any mark is excused (E) then the weights are adjusted accordingly, but if not (N) the mark is zero.

    Roger Sugden
    r.sugden@qmul.ac.uk