Case: 75 Federal Finance Bank – Instructor’s Solution INPUT DATA: Amount Needed to Raise Flotation Costs Stock Offer Price Market Value/Book Value Ratio (Dollars in thousands) Assets Cash U.S. Treasuries Mortgage-backed Securities Municipal Bonds Government Agency Securities Total Cash & Securities Residential Mortgage Loans Consumer Loans Business Loans Total Loans Fixed Assets Total Assets Liabilities Passbook Savings Non-interest Checking N.O.W. Accounts Money Market Accounts Certificate of
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Best-first search is a search algorithm which explores a graph by expanding the most promising node chosen according to a specified rule. Judea Pearl described best-first search as estimating the promise of node n by a "heuristic evaluation function f(n) which‚ in general‚ may depend on the description of n‚ the description of the goal‚ the information gathered by the search up to that point‚ and most important‚ on any extra knowledge about the problem domain."[1] [2] Some authors have used "best-first
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Set 1 1. To separate sand and camphor in pure state from the given mixture of sand and camphor. 2. To separate sand and salt in pure and dry state from the given mixture of sand and salt. 3. To prepare common salt by treating acid with base. 4. To prepare crystal of copper sulphate from the given mixture of sand and copper sulphate. 5. To prepare barium sulphate by treating barium chloride with dilute sulphuric acid in pure state. 6. To separate sand and calcium carbonate
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Customer Service in Travel and Tourism Hilton Hotels Case Study [pic] The ‘Understanding Travel and Tourism’ case study provides useful background information about Hilton Hotels. The first three sections of this case study are based on two presentations on the theme of ‘Reach Beyond’ given to employees of Hilton Hotels UK and Ireland as part of a major staff training programme. Benefits of Good Customer Service Guests tend
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Case Study 2: Wireless and Mobile Technologies Stephanie Airhart By Dr. Mark Cohen CIS 500 February 15‚ 2015 Wireless and Mobile Technology Wireless technologies facilitate the transfer of information between two or more points. Through wireless technology‚ we are able to manage productivity‚ enable security systems‚ and increase consumer convenience. According to Techtarget.com‚ wireless technology is rapidly evolving and is playing an increasing role in the lives of people throughout
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Growing up isn’t typically an easy time of transitions for everyone. For some it can be a fluid process; however‚ for others‚ it can also be an uneasy journey involving self-realization and selfishness. Cormier is able to portray this in two of his short stories‚ “President Cleveland Where are You” and “Mine on Thursdays”. In “Mine on Thursdays”‚ the main character Howie has a strained relationship with his daughter Holly due to his absense of being a fatherly figure when she was growing up. He realizes
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PART II IDEO 1. Why has IDEO been so successful? What is the most difficult challenge it face in conducting its research and designing its products? IDEO (pronounced “eye-dee-oh”) is an award-winning global design firm that takes a human-centered‚ design-based approach to helping organizations in the public and private sectors innovate and grow. They identify new ways to serve and support people by uncovering latent needs‚ behaviors‚ and desires. They envision new companies and brands‚ and
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readth First Search (BFS) searches breadth-wise in the problem space. Breadth-First search is like traversing a tree where each node is a state which may a be a potential candidate for solution. Breadth first search expands nodes from the root of the tree and then generates one level of the tree at a time until a solution is found. It is very easily implemented by maintaining a queue of nodes. Initially the queue contains just the root. In each iteration‚ node at the head of the queue is removed
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Customer loyalty and customer satisfaction Customer Loyalty can be difficult to define given the different views that are presented within the literature. Zithaml‚ Berry and Parasuraman (1996) determine that loyalty includes a customer’s intention to stay with an organisation and that loyalty includes four elements: repurchase intentions‚ recommending the service provider to other customers‚ less complaints and tolerance of price increases. Oliver‚ (1999) provides a different definition and
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Case 1. Discussion questions 1. Describe the global economy forces that pushed creativity to move up the value chain. Creativity is one of the top five wholesale suppliers to national craft chains in the United States with 500 employees and for office and warehouse locations in California and one in Hong Kong. Studies are showing that the company creativity has proven to outsource the manufacturing across Asia. Creativity is also found strong business models that are capable of dealing with
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