the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ABSTRACT This thesis project includes researching and designing a system dynamics model for use in an existing Andersen Consulting Education (ACE) project management training game. This serves two major purposes. The first is to show how system dynamics can be used as a realistic and potentially superior method of business modeling. The second is to actually improve the existing game. The current
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Bibliography Axelrod‚ Alan‚ Ph.D. and Charles Phillips. What Every American Should Know About American History: 200 Events That Shaped the Nation‚ Second Edition. Massachusetts: Adams Media‚ 2004. Bosco‚ Peter I. America at War: World War I. New York: Facts on File‚ Inc.‚ 1991. Dowsell‚ Paul. Weapons and Technology of World War I. Illinois: Heinemann Library‚ 2002. Lopez‚ Donald S. in Association with the National Air and Space Museum‚ Washington‚ D.C. Smithsonian Guides: Aviation
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Just like every other day after school‚ Katie was taking a shortcut across a meadow to get home. She was walking in the meadow‚ surrounded by tall‚ green grass and flowers in all colours of the rainbow. She decided to explore the meadow and the forest surrounding it. She walked towards the forest‚ picking flowers on the way. Katie was so busy twisting the flower stems together to make necklaces‚ that she didn’t see the large hole a few meters ahead of her. Tumbling into the deep hole‚ Katie hit her
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Although to most people it may just be a brand of good tasting pizza‚ The Red Barron was actually a German fighter ace of World War I. His full name was Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen‚ who will be referred to as von Richthofen for simplicity ’s sake. By the Germans‚ he was called "der rote Kampfflieger" (The Red Battle-Flyer)‚ the French called him "le Diable Rouge" (Red Devil)‚ and in the English-speaking world he is known as "The Red Barron." In a time of ancient aircraft
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Ed and his friend (Marv) are in a bank queue‚ an unexpected robbery commences. Ed is stated ‘hero’ after he coincidentally halts the robber’s escape. Shortly later‚ he receives an ace with a list of times and addresses. They symbolise a sequence of tasks that he must accomplish. Throughout the film‚ he receives more aces – three in fact. The last one contains his address. As Ed makes his way home‚ he is confronted by the robber from the bank. The robber admits that he’s been sending
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He thinks he sees her corpse wink at him. Her ghost visits him and reveals the secret of the cards‚ if he bets on the three‚ the seven‚ and the ace consecutively‚ he’ll win. He does what her ghost told him and won on the three and seven‚ but when he thought he played the ace he had actually played a queen of spades. He losses everything‚ and sees the picture of the queen on the card wink at him. Devastated‚ he ends up in a mental institution‚ repeating the
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Buddhism and Christianity: A Comparison A missionary religion can be described as a religious group sent to an area of different spirituality‚ and sending the message of their belief. Two good examples of the success of missionary religions are Christianity in Europe and Buddhism in India‚ both using comparable conversion strategies. Christianity and Buddhism diffused into their civilization by targeting minorities and had similar views on gender roles because they believed that women and men
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the sales of Lightwel have been going down. b) Retailer‟s loyalty towards Lightwel have decreased. From exhibit 5‚ we find that in case of Black Bird‚ retailer‟s choice accounts for 76.3% of the sales‚ where as for the flagship Lightwel brand‚ “Four Aces”‚ this account for only 61% of the sales. In an industry‚ where most brands are „pushed‟ by the retailers‚ this is a major cause for concern. The major decision issues before Lightwel Executives at this stage are: a) Whether to go for a cheaper brand
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The Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1‚ 1999‚[8] with the first tropical cyclone developing on June 11.[9] It was an above average season in which 16 tropical cyclones formed.[10][11][12][13] Twelve depressions attained tropical storm status and eight of these became a hurricane. Five hurricanes further intensified into major hurricanes.[10] The season featured a record-breaking five Category 4 hurricanes‚[14] later tied in 2005.[15] A persistent La Niña that developed during the
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White fumes of HCl liberated C2H5OH + PCl5 → C2H5Cl + POCl3 + HCl(g) (b) Add glacial ethanoic acid and a few drops of concentrated sulphuric acid and heat: Fragrant fruity smell of ester liberated CH3COOH + C2H5OH → CH3COOC2H5 + H2O Appendix Ace Ahead Chem (Appendix) 3rd (11/11/08).indd 1 1 11/13/08 12:36:33 PM Homologous series/ Typical compound Aldehydes CH3CHO ethanal Functional group(s) H ⏐ –C=O Chemical tests/Observations (a) Add 2‚4-dinitrophenylhydrazine at room
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