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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Instructional Strategies for Reducing Student Math Anxiety Abstract In order to create citizens able to compete in a technologically-driven global market‚ it is critical that education supports and prepares all students in mathematics. Math anxiety greatly affects student performance in math. Math anxiety is negatively correlated with working memory. There are several versions of a survey that measures math anxiety. Instructional strategies that address working memory on the items in the
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Quantitative Management Theory is realized through measurable data and mathematical models. The theories are worked out through mathematical games and problem solving. The results are then acted upon for decision making. During World War II‚ mathematicians‚ physicists‚ and other scientists joined together to solve military problems. The quantitative school of management is a result of the research conducted during World War II. The quantitative approachto management involves the use of quantitative
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AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR DECISION-DIRECTED BLIND EQUALIZATION ALGORITHM Seongmin Kim‚ Wangrok Oh and Whanwoo Kim Department of Electronics Engineering Chungnam National University‚ Daejeon‚ Republic of Korea wwkim@cnu.ac.kr ABSTRACT s ( n) u ( n) ˆ( s n) y ( n) The decision-directed blind equalization algorithm is often used due to its simplicity and good convergence property when the eye pattern is open. However‚ in a channel where the eye pattern is closed‚ the decision-directed
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2 EFJ Copyright11 Preliminary Version. Financial Maths Review Course – MSGP ESCP Europe (2011-2012) ESCP EUROPE Business School Finance University Year: 2011-2012 Introduction: - Target Audience - Objectives of the Course - Prerequisite Recommended Textbooks (in French): - Piermay M. et A. Lazimi‚ (1989)‚ Mathématiques FINANCIAL MATHS REVIEW COURSE Financières‚ 2ème édition‚ Economica‚ 258 pages. - Schlacther D.‚ (2007)‚ Comprendre les Mathématiques Financières
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Mathematical Systems Probability Solutions by Bracket A First Course in Probability Chapter 4—Problems 4. Five men and 5 women are ranked according to their scores on an examination. Assume that no two scores are alike and all 10! possible rankings are equally likely. Let X denote the highest ranking achieved by a woman (for instance‚ X = 1 if the top-ranked person is female). Find P X = i ‚ i = 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ . . . ‚ 8‚ 9‚ 10. Let Ei be the event that the the ith scorer is female. Then the
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References: Patterson‚ Simon. “Leonard Euler-the greatest mathematician of all times.” The Euler International Mathematical Institute‚ September 1998. Wikipedia
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Computer simulation is a computer program that attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system. Over the years‚ they have become a useful part of mathematical modeling modeling of many natural systems in physics‚ chemistry‚ biology‚ human systems in economics‚ psychology‚ and social science in the process of engineering new technology. The book Divergent uses computer simulations to figure out what factions they belong in. Once they figure out their factions‚ they then use computer
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(1993) defines mathematics anxiety as feelings of tension and anxiety that interfere with the manipulation of numbers and the solving of mathematical problems in a wide variety of ordinary life and academic situations and can cause one to forget and loose one’s self-confidence. Math anxiety usually arises from the lack of confidence when working in mathematical situations (Stuart‚ 2000). It has been attributed to one of five sources including: myths associated with mathematics‚ out of class experiences
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Great. Euler returned to St. Petersburg in 1766‚ remaining there until his death. Although hampered from his late 20s by partial loss of vision and in later life by almost total blindness‚ Euler produced a number of important mathematical works and hundreds of mathematical and scientific memoirs. In his Introduction to the Analysis of Infinities (1748; trans. 1748)‚ Euler gave the first full analytical treatment of algebra‚ the theory of equations‚ trigonometry‚ and analytical geometry. In this
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