TQuantitative Methods – MAT 540 Student Course Guide Prerequisite: MAT 300 Quarter Meeting Days/Time Instructor Instructor Phone Instructor E-mail Instructor Office Hours/Location Academic Office Phone Number Strayer Technical Support INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL – Required ( including all mandatory software) 1-877-642-2999 Taylor‚ B. M. (2010). Introduction to management science (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall. QM for Windows and Treeplan add-on for Excel. This software
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Assignment #2: Internet Field Trip Research: Research at least six (6) information sources on forecasting methods; take notes and record and interpret significant facts‚ meaningful graphics‚ accurate sounds and evaluated alternative points of view. Preparation: Produce as storyboard with thumbnails of at least ten (10) slides. Include the following elements: Title of slide‚ text‚ background color‚ placement & size of graphic‚ fonts - color‚ size‚ type for text and headings
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JET Copies Case Otica Montgomery Professor Hollandsworth Quantitative Methods- MAT 540 November 7‚ 2012 JET Copies is a copying company started by college students. This group of friends came up with the idea to provide copying services to area students. After purchasing the copy machine‚ the students focused on a plan of action in case the machine broke down. They decided that a back up copier would be needed to ‚ find out the amount of money they would lose with no back up plans‚ days
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Assignment #2: Internet Field Trip Forecasting Methods Genius forecasting - This method is based on a combination of intuition‚ insight‚ and luck. Psychics and crystal ball readers are the most extreme case of genius forecasting. Their forecasts are based exclusively on intuition. Science fiction writers have sometimes described new technologies with uncanny accuracy. There are many examples where men and women have been remarkable successful at predicting the future. There are also many examples
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Final Examination Math 540 Quantitative Methods Good luck on the exam. I hope you have enjoyed the course. Dr. West Multiple Choice (2 points each) (Select 8 – drop 1) ______1) For your project‚ what one way will not possibly generate increased profit? a) Increase your building space or lot size. b) Decrease the money paid to employees. c) Refinance the loan at a lower rate. d) Charge more for
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* Question 1 0 out of 5 points | | | Which of the following offers the greatest protection against bot attacks? Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Having corporations use adequate anti-virus protection | | | | | * Question 2 5 out of 5 points | | | In 2004‚ ICQ users were enticed by a sales message from a supposed anti-virus vendor. On the vendor’s site‚ a small program called Mitglieder was downloaded to the user’s machine. The program enabled outsiders to
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increase in price increases the break even point if all costs are held constant. Answer Selected Answer: False Correct Answer: False Question 3 Parameters are known‚ constant values that are usually coefficients of variables in equations. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True Question 4 If variable costs increase‚ but price and fixed costs are held constant‚ the break even point will decrease. Answer Selected
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Pioneers McCulloch and Pitts built their neural networks model using a large number of interconnected __________ artificial neurons. a. dual b. binary c. singular d. all of the above Choose one answer. a. dual b. binary c. singular d. all of the above Question 2 Marks: 10 Sigmoid function is an S-shaped transfer function in the range of 0 to 1 and is also a useful __________ transfer function. a. integer b. binary c. linear d. nonlinear
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important because it can endanger aeroplanes. [See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virga ]. Virga is rain in air that is so dry that the raindrops evaporate before they can reach the ground. Suppose that the volume of a raindrop is proportional to the 3/2 power of its surface area. [Why is this reasonable? Note: raindrops are not spherical‚ but let’s assume that they always have the same shape‚ no matter what their size may be.] Suppose that the rate of reduction of the volume of a raindrop is proportional
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(C) 270 degrees (D) 90 degrees How many noncolinear points are required to determine a plane? (A) Two (B) An infinite number (C) Four (D) Three How many dimensions are spanned by intersecting lines? (A) Two (B) Three (C) One (D) More information is needeed How many times can two lines intersect? (A) Zero (B) One (C) Two (D) Zero or One When is a line l perpendicular to a plane? (A) When l and the plane intersect at one point (B) When l and the plane don’t intersect (C) When every
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