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    CS 486/686 Fall 2012 Assignment 2 Solutions March 1‚ 2014 Question 2a 1 Question 2b Part I - Prior Probability P r(f raud) = P r(f raud|trav)P r(trav) + P r(f raud|¬trav)P r(¬trav) = 0.01 ∗ 0.05 + 0.004 ∗ 0.95 = 0.0043 Part II - Posterior Probability OC t f f1 (OC) = P r(OC) 0.7 0.3 T rav t f t f f2 (F raud‚ T rav) = P r(F raud|T rav) 0.01 0.004 0.99 0.996 T rav t f f3 (T rav) = P r(T rav) 0.05 0.95 OC t f f4 (OC) = P r(crp|OC) 0.1 0.001

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    Individually-prepared case analysis of a two case‚ which will be selected by students from among those done in class. Students can select the cases of their choice‚ as suits their schedule and interest area(s). Case analyses will be handed-in at the beginning of class. The case write-up should be no more than ten pages (double-spaced‚ 12-point Arial font) in length‚ with a maximum of seven exhibits. The student should write the case assignment from the perspective of the main character in the

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    India and will be deciding what will be the best route to take. Ranbaxy Laboratories wants to be bought out‚ but Eli Lilly is worried of the financial implications of such move. There were two pharmaceutical companies that were looking for ways to expand globally to position themselves in a competitive advantage from their competitors. One was located in the United States‚ which was Eli Lilly and Company and the other one was located in India‚ which was Ranbaxy Laboratories. Research and development

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    Austin Neal The Life of Eli Whitney There are many people that effected the United States of America during the Civil War. There are even people that many claim probably changed the outcome of the Civil War by their inventions and innovations. Among these people is Eli Whitney. Eli Whitney is most known for his creation of the cotton gin‚ which was revolutionary during the civil war because it heavily changed how the South was able to farm and sell cotton‚ which in turn changed their economy

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    had the most profound effect on American Society ever. These were Eli Whitneys inventions of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts. Eli

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    Cotton Gin Research Paper

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    to do because there were not machines to do them like we have now. Eli Whitney was the man who invented the Cotton Gin‚ and made the Cotton production go along ten times faster. Eli Whitney was born in 1765‚ and grew up on a farm in Massachusetts. When he had grown older‚ he got a job at a tobacco plantation in South Carolina. But with the growing cotton industry in the south‚ Whitney’s employers turned to growing cotton. Eli Whitney saw how hard it was to grow and manufacture cotton‚ because it took

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    Effects of the Cotton Gin

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    Effects of the Cotton Gin ! ! ! Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin around 1763. At the time he invented the engine Whitney lived with Catherine Greene‚ a widowed plantation owner. While staying with Greene‚ Whitney learned a lot about the production of cotton. He learned it was a tedious‚ time consuming and labor intensive job. Whitney was a graduate of Yale and was talented in the field of mechanics and inventive engineering. Eli’s solution was simple‚ an engine that separated the

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    The Benefits of the Cotton Gin The cotton gin was invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney to clean cotton fibers from the seeds (cotton gin). It was an invention created to reduce work and make cotton production quicker (Cotton Gin). It caused great reduction in the time it took to clean cotton. The cotton gin could drastically reduce the time it took to clean the cotton fibers. “…the cotton gin was a machine that could clean the seeds from 50 pounds of cotton in one day‚ whereas previously a laborer

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    The Cotton Gin Monologue

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    Hello‚ I’m Phineas but I’m now Eli Whitney’s assistant. WOW! I know right I was thinking that I could tell you some things about me. I was born in 1772 I became friends/partners with Eli around 1793. I didn’t come from a wealthy family. But enough about me let’s get to the good parts of my life when I was just becoming his assistant. Well it didn’t happen like that I had to try out and gosh was there a lot of people there. Let’s get to it ’’hello‚ Mr. Whitney‚’’ I said confidently‚ ’how are you

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    Cotton Gin Impact

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    Some machines can be complicated‚ yet do little or nothing. Others can be so very simple‚ yet change the lives of millions. Take‚ for example‚ the cotton gin. The creation of the cotton gin‚ by Eli Whitney was significant in history because it gigantically impacted the african american slaves in america’s lives‚ dramatically increased the number and use of slaves‚ and sparked a series of events of the course of 68 years that eventually led up to the start of the civil war. The cotton gin GIGANTICALLY

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