EnvH 574 - Tentative Schedule

Spring Quarter, 2007



date day of week class time (am) topic reading(s)
3/27 T 1L 9:30 - 10:20 course introduction, RAGS paradigm, compounded conservatism, intro to Crystal Ball™ CMA '91 excerpt
3/29 Th 2L 9:30 - 10:20 more 1-D MC using Crystal Ball™, CMA example  
3/30 F 3 10:30 - 11:20 good practice, distribution selection Burmaster & Anderson, Thompson
4/3 T 4L 9:30 - 10:20 more 1-D MC, custom distributions, parametric estimates EPA RAGS conc term
4/5 Th 5L 9:30 - 10:20 correlated variables Smith et al, Slob
4/6 F 6 10:30 - 11:20 taxonomy of uncertainy, student project discussion  
4/10 T 7L 9:30 - 10:20

introduction to 2-D MC with CB, H&H case

Hoffman & Hammonds

 

4/12 Th 8L 9:30 - 10:20 more 2-D MC - one variable/ multiple distributions (IF statement) + plot  
4/13 F 9 10:30 - 11:20 case study - soil adherence PDF Finley et al, letters
4/17 T 10L 9:30 - 10:20 2-D plotting, interpreting uncertainty and variability  
4/19 Th 11L 9:30 - 10:20 uncertainty and variability, tolerance limits excerpts from Conover, IAEA, Morgan & Henrion
4/20 F 12 10:30 - 11:20 criticisms of 2-D Monte Carlo Ferson (1996)
4/24 T 13L 9:30 - 10:20 back calculation problem, deconvolution Ferson (1995?)
4/26 Th 14L 9:30 - 10:20 application - cleanup standards

Burmaster et al (1995)

4/27 F 15 10:30 - 11:20 case study - Ruston/Tacoma As  
5/1 T 16L 9:30 - 10:20 case study - Ruston/Tacoma As  
5/3 Th 17L 9:30 - 10:20 case study - Ruston/Tacoma As  
5/4 F 18 10:30 - 11:20 case study - CTEPP chlorpyrifos  
5/8 T 19L 9:30 - 10:20 case study - CTEPP chlorpyrifos  
5/10 Th 20L 9:30 - 10:20 case study - CTEPP chlorpyrifos  
5/11 F 21 10:30 - 11:20 case study - EPA OPP worker  
5/15 T 22L 9:30 - 10:20 case study - EPA OPP worker  
5/17 Th 23L 9:30 - 10:20 case study - EPA OPP worker  
5/18 F 24 10:30 - 11:20 Markov-Chain Monte Carlo  
5/22 T 25L 9:30 - 10:20 student presentations  
5/24 Th 26L 9:30 - 10:20 student presentations  
5/25 F 27 10:30 - 11:20 student presentations  
5/29 T 28L 9:30 - 10:20 student presentations  
5/31 Th 29L 9:30 - 10:20 student presentations  
6/1 F 30  10:30 - 11:20 wrap-up/discussion  

 


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