formulate a mathematical programming model and develop solution techniques. We identify structural properties of our models and develop closed-form solutions and effective heuristics for various special cases of our models. Finally‚ we conduct extensive computational experiments to quantify the effectiveness of our heuristics and to develop managerial insights. Subject classifications: inventory/production: uncertainty‚ deterministic; planning horizons; operating characteristics; marketing: pricing
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Climate Change Beliefs and Cultural Values Controversy surrounding the public understanding of climate change is influenced by the deficit in cognition of scientific information. As a result the knowledge deficit‚ people turn to cultural differences for alternative explanations. In a straight forward explanation‚ the difference in opinions is a result of both ignorance and culture. This view aligns with Kahan et al.’s cultural cognition thesis‚ according to which the political disagreement about
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Perception is the major reason behind people falling into the trap of conjunction fallacy. People caught in conjunction fallacy find it easier to conceive two events occurring together than them happening separately. To be more precise a conjunction fallacy occurs when two events which can occur together or alone are seen more likely to happen in combination than isolation. This usually happens when it is easier to imagine two events occurring in a combination than occurring alone. It is a formal
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I use Experimental research (p.28) on my cousins. They always played violent games. I wanted to see how much it impacts on them. Accordingly‚ my example what is the influence of video game violence on my cousin’s aggressive. Therefore‚ I randomly assign some my younger cousins who still play violent games. I did not have to tell them how to play the game‚ but I still told them to play a violent video game for 1 hour only. As for my other cousins‚ I told them to play a non-violent video game for
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One of the major ways that the class provided a valuable learning experience in interaction design is that we‚ as students‚ actually went through many of the steps of the interaction design process. Some of these steps included prototyping‚ heuristic evaluation‚ and brainstorming about potential real-life sources for evaluation (in our individual midterm design project). The potential to actually experience first hand many of the things we were reading about in the text and in the separate articles
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a hamburger flipper and nothing more. Pornography does reduce the men and women who star in it down to a mere tool for hire. But so does every single situation in which a person is paid wages for their work. Furthermore‚ I suggest that this simplification in pornography brings with it a level of individuality unheard of in most other work-for-wage jobs. The popularity surrounding a particular "porn star" (Jenna Jameson‚ for example‚ a star of pornography in whose honor entire festivals are thrown)
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aAssignment 1 Q1 Organizations 1. How has the company changed over the years in order to survive a highly competitive marketplace? Coca-Cola is a billion dollar global operating organization. They’ve been around for over a 100 years and they currently operate in over 200 countries. This is not a simple task‚ but Coca-Cola has found ways to manage by taking the right risks and evolving over time. Coca-Cola has over time invested in their brand‚ their quality‚ the right marketing‚ the availability
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Behavioral Finance Behavioral finance attempts to explain what‚ why‚ and how of finance and investing from a human perspective. More specifically‚ behavioral finance integrates psychology and economics into the study of human judgment and biases in decision making under conditions of uncertainty. (David‚ 2004) In order to clearly define and explain the origin of behavioral finance‚ it is important to first define finance‚ which is the foundation of behavioral finance. Finance is a field
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Artificial intelligence “Artificial Intelligence Is Lost in the Woods A conscious mind will never be built out of software”‚ -Yale University professor The very beginning; from human inception‚ man has endeavored to control‚ to name‚ to create ultimately in his own image as he was created from God. Man forges his own destiny from the coals of his imagination and the raw iron of his will to create. His tools have changed as time has passed‚ but his desire‚ his fire to create to change his world
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Assignment on the contribution of Charles Babbage‚ Adam Smith and Robert Owen in the field of management. Contribution of Charles Babbage in the field of Management Charles Babbage (1792–1871) is known as the patron saint of operations research and management science. Babbage’s scientific inventions included a mechanical calculator (his "difference engine")‚ a versatile computer (his "analytical engine")‚ and a punch-card machine. Babbage’s most successful book‚ On the Economy of Machinery
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