Discussion for Decision support

To help you understand the major differences between blind searching (uniformed search) and heuristic searching (informed search).

Topic of Discussion

  • Compare the problem-solving search techniques: blind searching (uniformed search) and heuristic searching (informed search).
  • Which one do you believe is more efficient and effective?

Submission Instructions

  • Post your responses, examples, ideas, and discussions on this topic on the blackboard. 
  • You should write at least 120-word response on the topic of discussion.

week 6

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Part 1: Beta

Visit the following web site or other websites:

Yahoo Finance : https://finance.yahoo.com/

1.  Search for the beta of “Carnival Corporation & plc”

2.  In addition, find the beta of 3 different companies within the same industry as Carnival Corporation & plc 3.  Explain to your classmates what beta means and how it can be used for managerial and/or investment decision

4.  Why do you think the beta of Carnival Corporation & plc and those of the 3 companies you found are different from each other? Provide as much information as you can and be specific.

Part 2: Capital Budgeting

Before you respond to Part 2 review the following information on Capital Budgeting Techniques

Capital Budgeting Decision Methods (LINK) —– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfZ6lznPf2U&ab_channel=MichaelNugent

To avoid damaging its market value, each company must use the correct discount rate to evaluate its projects. Review and discuss the following:

• Compare and contrast the internal rate of return approach to the net present value approach. Which is better? Support your answer with well-reasoned arguments and examples.

• Is the ultimate goal of most companies–maximizing the wealth of the owners for whom the firm is being operated–ethical? Why or why not?

• Why might ethical companies benefit from a lower cost of capital than less ethical companies?

CAPITAL BUDGETING (PRINCIPLES & TECHNIQUES) —- https://www.scribd.com/doc/37253036/Capital-Budgeting-Principles-Techniques

cc-13 project

Question:   “What is a      hypervisor? Differentiate between type I and type II. What are the      security vulnerabilities of each? 

1. 5 source annotated bibliography

2. slide presentation with 12 or more slides

3. Summary or Abstract containing at least 850 words.

The topic must be appropriate for graduate level. Find a topic that we covered in the course and dig deeper or find something that will help you in your work or in a subject area of interest related to the course topic. Use the Research Databases available from the Danforth Library not Google.

Compare and Contrast essay (RENG 92)

Develop a three page essay that compare and contrast the lives of the two individuals you selected for the assignment.( File is attached for 2 individual I have selected). You have the freedom to focus on the different areas of the individuals lives of your choice. However, below is a list of suggestions:

  • Compare and Contrast-Childhood
  • Compare and Contrast-Education Background
  • Compare and Contrast-Career

Please type the essay, per MLA Format (Times New Roman Font, Double Spacing, Size 12 Font, Page Numbers, Direct Quotes and In-Text Citations-in each body paragraph, and Works Cited Page) and end with the works cited page. Also, start the thesis statement, each body paragraph, as well as the conclusion paragraph with a transitional word or phrase. Friendly reminder–do not include the following:

  • Contractions
  • First Person, “I”
  • Second Person, “You”
  • Third Person, “We”

7

 Before an organization decides to purchase a SaaS application, they need to review the legal and regulatory concerns before entering into any agreement with a service provider. Addressing and understanding issues around data privacy, security, ownership, and business continuity can help to avoid unexpected problems in the future. For this week’s assignment, research and include four (4) issues or considerations that organizations need to evaluate before entering into any agreement. Discuss why the issue is important and include examples of what could happen if the issue was not properly addressed by the vendor. Your assignment should be 3 pages in length, with two or more references in APA Format cited in your response.

 

Big Data Research Paper

While this weeks topic highlighted the uncertainty of Big Data, the author identified the following as areas for future research.  Pick one of the following for your Research paper:

Additional study must be performed on the interactions between each big data characteristic, as they do not exist separately but naturally interact in the real world.

The scalability and efficacy of existing analytics techniques being applied to big data must be empirically examined.

New techniques and algorithms must be developed in ML and NLP to handle the real-time needs for decisions made based on enormous amounts of data.

More work is necessary on how to efficiently model uncertainty in ML and NLP, as well as how to represent uncertainty resulting from big data analytics.

Since the CI algorithms are able to find an approximate solution within a reasonable time, they have been used to tackle ML problems and uncertainty challenges in data analytics and process in recent years.

Your paper should meet these requirements: 

Be approximately four to six pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.

Follow APA 7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.

Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. 

Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.