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As the focus and scope of the project evolved, so did the methods used to find a solution to the scheduling problem. The approach to creating a program had several stages, including a method to define several distinct weeklong schedules to combine, a method taking into account non-standardized class schedules, and a method combining consistent schedules with additional constraints. These approaches were each based on the current understanding of the scope and requirements of the project. In the

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CLICK TO DOWNLOAD MAT 540 MIDTERM EXAM 1. Deterministic techniques assume that no uncertainty exists in model parameters. 2. A continuous random variable may assume only integer values within a given interval.   3. A joint probability is the probability that two or more events that are mutually exclusive can occur simultaneously. 4. A decision tree is a diagram consisting of circles decision nodes, square probability nodes, and branches. 5. A table of random numbers must be

Lauren Berman Chapter 8 – Biostatistics Data 1.) Describe Bayes theorem and alternative to Bayes theorem. Bayes theorem is used to answer two different questions, “If the test results are positive, what is the probability that the patient has the disease?” and “If the test results are negative, what is the probability that the patient does not have the disease” (93). In the formula for Bayes theorem, the numerator is the true positive results and the denominator tells about true positive results

school counselors assigned to that specific school. The meeting will address the purpose of the study and the floor will be open to any questions the employees of the school may have regarding the study. This process will continue until the research team has been given permission by 24 high schools (8 in each socioeconomic area) to ask their students to participate in the study. Once all 24 schools have been selected, the research team will give the schools a flyer to hand out to all of their female

We live in a world that believes we have free will. Free, being the idea that we have the right of free choice in how we act. Let us assume that we choose our own behavior and we are self determined; free will vs. determinism, determinism: being the belief that all things, including human behavior, are determined. We look at the choices we make in our life and morality. Philosophers have been questioning this for several years; it begs the question if one believes in free will, not saying that the

2.1 The k-Prototypes Method Data clustering is a method used to group items into different clusters. The items in same cluster are similar and the items in different clusters are dissimilar. Huang (1998) introduced a k-prototypes algorithm that allows for clustering objects with mixed numeric and categorical attributes. The k-prototype algorithm can be used to cluster a large portfolio of the VA contracts with mixed numeric and categorical attributes. We define a large portfolio that contains n

Does free will exist? This question has been asked by many generations and is still trying to be proven to this day. I believe free will may never be proven to exist or not, but everyone has an opinion on the topic of the existence of free will. Founded on the probability that free will does or does not exist, determines whether a person is found right or wrong for their actions. To say that free will is causally determined, would be to say that no man is guilty for what they have done. In opposition

Materials and methods The rocky intertidal zone of bailey’s cottage, False Bay, South Africa (Figure 1) was divided into four zones, namely; Sublittoral, Lower Balanoid, Upper Balanoid and littorina zone. Three random quadrats were sampled within each zone (due to a shortage of quadrats one quadrat was repeatedly used for all the zones). The study site was visited only once due to certain constraints. On the day of sampling the prevailing weather conditions was pleasant, with a partly cloudy sky

Results After testing the larvae in all four conditions, we pooled data across the entire class in order to get a larger sample size. We found the following averages, variances, and standard errors for the measurements of path length and distance traveled. The average path length traveled by rovers on food plates was 106.5 mm, by sitters on food plates was 116.3 mm, by rovers on no food plates was 95.8 mm, and by sitters on no food plates was 91.3 mm. The average distance traveled for rovers on