Andrew M. Ross

Assoc. Professor,
Math Dept.
Eastern Michigan University

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Research: Queueing, Electricity, or Backgammon.
Teaching: Probability, Statistics, Queueing Theory
History: Curriculum Vitae, etc.
Faith
Misc
EMU Math Video Library
Math Dept. Blog

Syllabi, Etc.

Winter 2012: Math 110

Syllabus
Coursepack Supplement--I recommend not printing it, just viewing it electronically.
first Percents homework
Spreadsheet Homework 1 due Tue/Wed Jan 17/18 at 5pm.
Chapter 1.3: worksheet was done in class Tue/Wed Jan 17/18, handed in for credit.
Chapter 1.4: Big Numbers worksheet #1 (worksheet page 51-52) done in class Thu/Mon Jan 19/23
Chapter 1.4: Big Numbers worksheet #2 (worksheet page 53-54) due at start of class Tue/Wed Jan 24/25
Chapter 1.5: Compared to What (problems #1-#19) due on paper at start of class Thu/Mon Jan 26/30.
Exam 1 is Wed/Thu Feb 1/2.
Chapter 2.1: did worksheets in class, nothing due.
Chapter 2.2: download this spreadsheet file, and when you are done upload it to the ch22pcts dropbox on emuonline. Due Tue/Wed Feb 7/8 at 5pm.
Chapter 2.3: skipping it
Chapter 2.4: doing the worksheets in class Feb 7,8,9,13. For homework, download this spreadsheet file and when you are done, upload it to the ch24 dropbox on emuonline. Due Tue/Wed Feb 14/15 at 5pm.
Chapter 2.7: Homework due in class Thu/Mon Feb 16/20.
Chapter 3.4: Flat Tax homework distributed in class; can also get it here. Due Tue/Wed Feb 21/22.
Chapter 3.4: homework part 2 available here Due Thu Feb 23/Mon March 5th.
Spreadsheet Homework 2 Due Thu/Mon March 8th/12th online at 9pm.
Chapter 5.2: exercises 4-8, 23-25, 27, 28, 31-33; due Tue/Wed March 13/14 in class, on paper.
Chapter 5.3: exercises 4, 17-26, 29. due Tue/Wed March 20/21 in class, on paper. Also recommended: 27,28,32,34

Winter 2012: Math 360: Probability and Statistics

Draft syllabus

Upcoming Classes

Summer 2012: Math 110

previous semester's syllabus; textbook info remains the same.

Summer 2012: Math 319: Math Modeling

Other Stuff

Math Contests

Moody's Mega Math Challenge for NYC/Boston/Philadelphia high school students.
Math. Contest in Modeling (MCM)

Fun Data Sources

GLERL Great Lakes weather data including every-15-minute temp/wind speed/gust/direction for a half-dozen monitoring stations for the last few years.
more Michigan wind data
EIA--Short-term energy outlook has electricity, coal, natural gas, gasoline, etc.
EIA natural gas data
Midwest electric power demand today
Midwest historical electric data, 2005-04 to now
more Midwest historical electric data, 2005-04 to now
Earthquake data
PeMS California traffic data
FLUXNET: a global network of micrometeorological tower sites.
Washtenaw County Wind Power Test Tower data.
SEMCOG traffic counts (Southeast Michigan)

Updated 2011-12-22

old stuff:

Math 477/590: Survey of Mathematical Software

Winter 2010:

Fall 2010: Math 319: Math Modeling

H1N1 Flu Policy
Syllabus
Project Guides
misc. project ideas I've had in the last 12 months
Electronic Coursepack
Electronic Coursepack at another location
Homework 1 due Thursday 2010-09-16
Homework 2
cleansed PA school district data
Homework 3 due Thursday 2010-09-30 at 9pm.
Min Cost Net Flow worksheet for Monday 2010-10-11 in class
Proposal 1 due Wednesday 2010-10-13 at 9pm
Homework 4 due Thursday 2010-10-14 at 9pm
Homework 5 due Tuesday 2010-11-30
Proposal 2 due Wednesday Dec. 1st
Homework 6 is extra credit, due the day of final presentations.
Homework 7 due the day of Final Presentations (Wed.)

Winter 2011: Math 110: Quantitative Reasoning

Syllabus
Coursepack Supplement updated 2011-01-27
Percent Pre-test
Corrections to your Percent Pre-test (based on the answers revealed in class) are due Wed/Thu (depending on your section).
If you don't have Excel, please download OpenOffice or use Google Docs.
Turn in your spreadsheet homework by uploading it to EMU-Online. If you have trouble, let me know ASAP by e-mail.
Spreadsheet Homework 1, due 9pm on Wed/Thu (depending on your section).
Chapter 1.3 exercises up to #18 (starts at page 48), due Thu Jan 20 (for Tue/Thu section), Mon Jan 24 (for Mon/Wed section)
Spreadsheet Homework 2, due at 9am Saturday Jan. 29th via emuonline.edu
Chapter 2.1: Wednesday's class did the one in the back of the book during class. Both sections have the 2nd such worksheet (this one) due Mon/Tue (on paper, not online).
Chapter 2.2: new worksheet here; done in class on Wednesday, and as homework for Thursday's cancelled class (due Tue. on paper, not online).
Exam 1 is Wed/Thu Feb 2/3 in class.
Practice Exam 1--due online 24 hours before your in-class exam.
Chapter 2.3 (Percents) Excel template Change the filename to start with your last name. Due Thursday at 9pm for Tue/Thu class, Saturday at 9am for Mon/Wed class, via emuonline.edu
Read Chapter 2.5 for Wed/Thu Feb 9/10. Bring your book (especially the minimum wage worksheet) and a calculator
updated CPI sheet here if you don't have the 2010-2011 coursepack.
The Chapter 2.5 homework is in this Excel template; submit via emuonline.edu by Wed/Thu Feb 16/17 by 9pm.
Chapter 3.4 homework is here, due Mon/Tue March 7/8 in class (this is an electronic copy of what was handed out in class).
Chapter 3.4 extra credit is here. Feel free to e-mail me and ask for help.
Chapter 5.2: exercises 4-8, 23-28,31; due Wed/Thu March 9/10 in class, on paper.
Chapter 5.3: exercises 4, 17-26, 29. due Mon/Tue March 14/15 in class, on paper. Also recommended: 27,28,32,34;
Practice Exam 2; due 24 hours before your exam, via emuonline.edu
Exam 2: Wed/Thu March 16/17 in class. Bring your note sheet and calculator. I will provide any CPI values you need, so you don't need a CPI table on your note sheet.
for Mon/Tue after the exam: do the SocSec history reading I e-mailed.
for Wed/Thu March 23/24: review the SocSec history reading, and bring the worksheet we started on Mon/Tue.
Chapter 6.1: exercises 9-12, 14, but do only the histograms, not the dotplots or stem-and-leaf plots. (optional/extra credit)
Chapter 6.2: #9, 10, 12, 14, 15 (but on 10, do a histogram instead of a dotplot) (optional/extra credit)
Main Link for Social Security Game
Chapter 3.5 homework: the "Born to Buy" worksheet near the end of the Coursepack Supplement , due Wed/Thu April 6/7 in class (on paper).
Chapter 5.4 homework: all exercises (but 12b is optional), due Mon/Tue April 11/12 in class (on paper)
Practice Final Exam. Due via emuonline on Tuesday April 12 at 2pm for the Mon/Wed class, and Wed. April 13 at 9:30am for the Tue/Thu class.
Final Exam for Mon/Wed: Wed. April 13 at 1:30-3:00 A HALF HOUR EARLY!
Final Exam for Tue/Thu: Tue. April 19 at 9:00-10:30 A HALF HOUR EARLY!

Math 419/519/592: (Intro to) Stochastic Models

It was listed as Math 592, but it has now been changed to Math 519 (the 419 stayed the same).

Math 121

H1N1 Flu Policy
Syllabus
Homework;
Worksheets
Misc.
Bessel Function demos: hanging chain and drumheads (video by the same guy at Youtube) and more drumheads
A fun idea: Fractional-order derivatives and integrals (also here at Wikipedia, and more Wikipedia)
Even more fun: complex-order derivatives! here and here.
Another way to generalize derivatives: Lanczos derivatives. "The least-squares property of Lanczos derivatives" by Burch, Fishback, and Gordon. Mathematics Magazine, Vol 78 number 5, December 2005, pages 368-378

Math 319: Math Modeling

H1N1 Flu Policy
Syllabus
Project Guides
misc. project ideas I've had in the last 24 months
Electronic Coursepack
Homework 1
Homework 2 was optional.
Homework 3
Homework 4
Homework 5
Proposal 1
Min Cost Net Flow worksheet
Proposal 2
Homework 6 is extra credit, due the day of final presentations.
Homework 7 due the day of Final Presentations

Andrew M. Ross

Assoc. Professor, Math Dept. Eastern Michigan University

Syllabi, Etc.

Upcoming Classes

Other Stuff

Math Contests

Fun Data Sources

Math 477/590: Survey of Mathematical Software

Math 419/519/592: (Intro to) Stochastic Models

Math 121

Assoc. Professor,
Math Dept.
Eastern Michigan University