This unit considers the use of computer simulation in problem-solving.  It emphasises the use of computer simulation as an investigative tool, especially where analytic methods are ineffective.  Software packages used include the popular numerical applications Excel and Matlab, as well as the simulation package Extend.  The unit is very practical, with lectures, tutorials, test and exam held in a computer lab.  As a prerequisite to STAT329:  Electronic Commerce, this unit develops students' skills in analysis of systems, teamwork, communication, and formal reports of technical findings, and briefly introduces relational databases.  This unit also develops practical skills which will be useful in STAT378:  Statistical Computing.

Announcement: Final Exam location 

The final exam will be held from 9.20 a.m. on Monday 16 June, the date scheduled in the Macquarie University exam timetable, in lab/room E4B 102. Please see Blackboard, Lectures page, for Final Exam instructions.