COMPUTER MODELS FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS LECTURE 01: MODELLING BASICS Jojo Lartey Department of Information Technology Methodist University College Ghana Dansoman 11 March‚ 2013 Jojo Lartey (MUCG) MUIT 404 Lecture-One March 2013 1 / 25 Overview 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 L ECTURE O BJECTIVES INTRODUCTION MODEL BUILDING METHODS MODEL CATEGORIES STAGES OF MODEL BUILDING MODEL BUILDING TECHNIQUES SUMMARY Jojo Lartey (MUCG) MUIT 404 Lecture-One March 2013 2 / 25 L ECTURE O
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He then ordered the ship to full speed and right on course. This was a big factor in the sinking of the Titanic. The ship was going to fast at night and when they saw the iceberg they couldn’t slow the massive ship down fast enough to clear the iceberg all the way. If only Captain Smith had slowed down enough to clear the iceberg many more lives would have been
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compares the intent of the original areas within the ship purpose to the current location at the bottom of the ocean; in addition to the fate of the ship and the iceberg. The Titanic was known to be the largest and most luxurious ship of its day. It was considered by its builders to be unsinkable however in April 1912 she struck an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the ocean taking hundreds of lives with her. By coincidence this was also the same year that Hardy losses first wife‚ Emma Lavinia Gifford
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Imagine you are on the Titanic the night it sank. The Titanic was the largest ship of its time. It faltered on her maiden voyage from Queenstown to New York City‚ when it fatally collided with an iceberg right off the coast of New Foundland‚ on her starboard side late on April 14‚ 1912. The public was informed that‚ “She was touted as the safest ship ever built‚ so safe that she carried only 20 lifeboats- enough to provide accommodations for only half of her passengers” ("The Sinking of the Titanic
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Titanic’s Path Conclusion Disaster‚ Death‚ and Frozen Toes On April 14‚ after four days of uneventful sailing‚ Titanic received reports of ice from other ships‚ but she was sailing on calm seas. At about 11:30 p.m.‚ a lookout saw an iceberg coming ahead‚ then rang the warning bell and called the bridge. The engines were quickly reversed and the ship was turned around sharply—instead of making direct impact‚ Titanic seemed to graze along
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sound and there is a terrible silence that follows it‚" According to Eva Hart‚ a Titanic Survivor. On the evening of April 14‚ the White Star Line RMS Titanic was approaching an area known for having icebergs. Then all of the passengers feel a little shake‚ the ship had just crashed into an iceberg‚ at 11:40 P.M. At 2:18 a.m the 7.5 million dollar ship (174 million dollars today) had just split into two pieces‚ and two minutes later there was no sight of the Titanic. At 2:20 A.M. the the RMS Titanic
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In “Convergence of the Twain‚” Thomas Hardy describes the greatness of the Titanic and the vanity that embodied its doom‚ radiating an admiring‚ yet regretful tone towards the events of April 14‚ 1912. During the first stanza‚ Hardy talks about the Titanic’s “solitude in the sea.” “Deep from human vanity‚” implying that the reason the Titanic is so deep‚ sunk under water is due to the vanity that created her‚ and ultimately sank her. The headline of the Titanic was “unsinkable‚” typifying
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The Titanic was one of the worst cruise ship disasters know in the world. The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on 15 April 1912. Over 1500 passengers died as a result of the Titanic sinking. To understand why the Titanic sank‚ one has to apply the three accidents theories to the disaster and then determine what theory applies the most. The first theory is natural accidents theory. Natural accidents theory states that every system fails at some point depending on how the systems is designed. The way
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Smith was going to be retired after the maiden voyage of Titanic and he wanted to end his career by arriving to New York at record time which shows a possible reveal of an attempt of committing suicide from Captain Smith because even when there were iceberg warnings‚ Captain Smith ignored it. He would have clearly known the consequences. So with the record time and career in focus‚ he didn’t care to change the speed before it was too
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The Titanic was one of the largest ships the world has ever known‚ but on one horrific night the ship struck an iceberg‚ sending people into a delayed panic. Many lives were lost because of their age or class status. Because of the crew and the captain’s negligence‚ too many lives were lost; this all could have been avoided if they had just heeded the warnings of the other boats. Master Frank Philip Aks was one of the few people saved from the tragic event. The evidence provided by the essays given
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