Given a graph of (nodes and edges), find a path using the following algorithms: 1)Depth First Search 2) USC and 3) A*.

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Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Assignment
You need to write a program (preferably in Java) to do the following:
Given a graph of (nodes and edges), find a path using the following algorithms:

  1. Depth First Search
  2. USC
  3. A*

Use the class Vertex for the graph nodes
Name of the node: use alphabetic to represent the names e.g., A, B etc….

You need to submit the following:

Driver program to (TestGraph.java):
1– Read a graph of nodes; you can use a text file to read the graph from. You may refer to the way of which graphs were represented in data structure course
2– Ask the user to find a path based on a choice of algorithm to use
3– The output should be:

  • a. The path given by the algorithm selected from point# 2
  • b. The cost of the path
  • c. The nodes that are explored on the order they are visited

The other java files needed to run your program

Note: if you are submitting multiple files, please compress them under the name of: You first name_ you last name_You ID_version

Provide a 2 pages single-spaced, discussion and synthesis of the three articles.

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Synthesis of 3 articles

Provide a 2 pages single-spaced, discussion and synthesis of the three articles. Be sure to include a thesis that states the main idea of your discussion and synthesis—this will likely be how the articles all relate to each other. You should also include supporting paragraphs with evidence from the articles that support your thesis, and suggestions for practical application and extension of the ideas from these articles. Finally, you should include a conclusion that ties everything together and raises new directions for researchers and practitioners to consider. It should NOT just summarize the articles.

How would Sheryl Sandberg’s leadership style be described based on the four Leadership Behavior styles? How does Sandberg’s book Lean In emphasize the three Content Motivation Theories? Explain.

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Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg’s Case Study

After reading Chapter 3, please review Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg’s Case Study at the end of the chapter. Then, respond in-depth to each of the following questions* listed on the textbook’s page 102 (the chapter’s theories and concepts should support your explanations for each question):

  • https://www.studypool.com/questions/download?id=2825890&path=uploads/questions/2859972/20230427210747case_reading.pdf&fileDownloadName=attachment_1

 

  • Question 1: How would Sheryl Sandberg’s leadership style be described based on the four Leadership Behavior styles?
  • Question 2: How does Sandberg’s book Lean In emphasize the three Content Motivation Theories? Explain.
  • Question 3: How does Sandberg’s book Lean In emphasize the three Process Motivation Theories? Explain.
  • Question 4: Which type and schedule of Reinforcement will help women advance in business?
  • Question 6: What Managerial Leadership skills does Sandberg need as CEO of Facebook? (Chapter 1)

*NOTE: The textbook’s Questions #5 and #7 are out of this assignment on purpose.

Design and implement a website / web app of you and your team choice (open free theme) but something useful.

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Website Design Question

The website shall allow users to create an account by entering their name, email, password, and birthday.

2. Users shall be able to search for content based on their emotions.

  • 2.1 The website shall provide users with a list of emotions to choose from, such as happy, sad, angry, Etc.
  • 2.2 The website shall provide users with a list of options to choose from (Movies, Series, Podcasts, Music).
  • 2.3 The website shall provide users with a list of suggested content based on the prevoius choices (5 option for each choices is enough)
  • 2.4 The website shall give users a brief summary and rating of each suggested item to help them make informed decisions.
  • 2.5 The website shall provide users with a list of platforms that offers the suggested content.

The website shall allow users to create and manage a “watched list” of content they have already watched. The website shall allow users to create and manage a “to-be-watched list” of content they plan to watch. The website shall allow users to create and manage a “favorites list” of their favorite content.

The website shall allow users to add or remove items from their watched list, to-be￾watched list, and favorites list.

Instructions:

Design and implement a website / web app of you and your team choice (open free theme) but something useful.

Should include all the languages (HTML – CSS ( pastel green and white) – Java Script – PHP)

Select a major construction project, either presently under construction, or built, preferably, within the last 10 years, by a company of the students choice and approved by the instructor and generally discuss the project, including the name of the project, the Architect and the Consultants, the Owner’s, a complete description of the structure being built, the project delivery system being utilized, and construction related issues, especially with respect to the country in which the project is located.

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A Construction Project Case Study

Term Research Paper Overview:

The topic of this term’s paper will be “A Construction Project Case Study.” This can either be an international, national or local construction project. The object of the paper will be to select a major construction project, either presently under construction, or built, preferably, within the last 10 years, by a company of the students choice and approved by the instructor and generally discuss the project, including the name of the project, the Architect and the Consultants, the Owner’s, a complete description of the structure being built, the project delivery system being utilized, and construction related issues, especially with respect to the country in which the project is located. Such issues, at a minimum, should include whether the project is in the public or private sector, building codes being utilized, the jurisdiction in which the building permit has been granted and specific challenges represented by local requirements and restrictions. Of special interest would be any problems that were solved by methods that were different or unique from those commonly used in the U.S., especially through the cooperation of international teams, and how this affected your outlook toward the tenets of global citizenship, as articulated in class. Information must also be provided about the construction company building the project, including a brief history of the company, how long it has been in existence, how many employees overall, how many offices and employees per office, the type and volume of work they do and what makes the company unique.

If our goal is still to maximize profit and we removed that constraint, how much more of the constrained item would we need to acquire (i.e. labor hours or pounds of raw material) for the revised production plan?

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Homework #7

You work for a pharmaceutical company that produces 6 products at their plant.
One of these products (Prod 5) is used to treat a seasonal illness. Demand for all other products is relatively stable.

1. You want to develop a method to forecast the demand for Prod 5.

  • a. You have gathered the weekly demand information for the last 3 seasons (Sept –Apr) and the average temperature for those weeks (see the Datafile – Data worksheet).
    i. Does the temperature appear to be a good indicator for demand? (HINT: Scatter plot)
    ii. If so, develop a projection method based on the expected temperature for the coming week (production occurs one week prior to demand). (HINT: Trendline, Regression formula)
    iii. If the average temperature in the coming week is expected to be 32°, what is your forecast for demand?

2. You have now been asked to put together a production schedule that will maximize the variable profit for your plant. Key information about each of the products is shown in the datafile (at the top of the worksheet called “Solver”).

  • a. Production of each pound of finished product requires labor and raw material. The hours and labor needed for each product are shown (rows 2&3). For example, product 1 requires 6 hours of labor and 3.2 pounds of raw material to produce one pound of finished product (FP).
  • b. The unit price and variable cost per pound of finished product are shown. Based on this calculate the profit per pound (row 6). (HINT: Profit = Unit Price minus Variable Cost)
  • c. The total demand is also included (row 7) – this is the total demand for the product, your company is not the only manufacturer so they do not need to supply the full demand, but they should not produce more than the total demand in any given week. For Prod 5, use the demand that you calculated in Step 1.
  • d. As a starting point, the pounds of each product that were produced last week are shown (row 9).
  • e. Calculate the Total profit for each product (HINT: Units produced times profit per unit).
  • f. Then calculate the total units produced and total profit by summing the values across all the products.
  • g. Calculate the total labor hours used and total materials used in cells B15 and B16. (HINT: =SUMPRODUCT function will be useful here).

3. You are now ready to find an optimal production schedule that will maximize your profits.

  • a. Let’s think about the constraints that we need to establish:
    • You have 45,000 hours of labor and 16,000 pounds of raw material available.
    • Production should not exceed total demand.
    • Ensure that all production quantities are non–negative
    • Ensure that no partial pounds of finished product are made
    (HINT: make a new constraint and look for “int” in the middle box, this means to make the solution an integer / whole number).

 

  • b. You want to find optimal solutions subject to the above constraints for a couple of scenarios. In rows 22–24, make a note of the optimal production quantities for each of scenario (HINT: Copy – Paste Values after each scenario) as you will use these quantities to summarize the scenarios in the next step.
    • No minimum production for each product (Scenario: No Min).
    • You realize that if you don’t produce at least some of each product there could end up being an overall supply shortage, therefore explore the following additional scenarios.
    i) Minimum production for each product of 1000 pounds (Scenario: Min 1000).
    ii) Minimum production for each product equal to 10% of total demand (Scenario: Min 10% of Demand)

4. Now, using Scenario Manager, prepare a summary of each of these 3 scenarios, showing
i. the production quantity for each product
ii. the resulting total variable profit for the plant
iii. total pounds produced
iv. total labor used
v. total material used (HINT: you can add additional results by separating them by a comma in the results cells box).

  • a. Apply range names to the cells that will appear on the summary to improve the readability of the summary.
  • b. Which scenario will you recommend to management?

5. What is the limiting constraint? In other words, which limitation prevents us from making more product?

  • a. If our goal is still to maximize profit and we removed that constraint, how much more of the constrained item would we need to acquire (i.e. labor hours or pounds of raw material) for the revised production plan? (HINT: Remove that constraint).
  • b. If that item cost $10 per unit, would it make sense to do it? (HINT: How would profit (vs. the recommended scenario) be impacted by this decision?)

6. Finally, prepare a waterfall chart to show the profit contribution of each product –assuming Scenario: Min 10% of Demand.

Compute the net present value of the new machine. On the basis of the foregoing data, would you recommend that Erica buy the machine? Why?

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Capital Investments Project

DC Company is considering the purchase of a new machine.

The price of the new machine is $122,000, freight charges are estimated to be $3,000, and installation costs are expected to be $5,000. Salvage value of the new machine is expected to be zero after a useful life of 4 years.

Existing equipment could be retained and used for an additional 4 years if the new machine is not purchased. At that time, the salvage value of the equipment would be zero. If the new machine is purchased now, the existing machine would be scrapped.

DC Co’s accountant, Erica, has accumulated the following data regarding annual sales and expenses with and without the new machine.

  1. Without the new machine, Erica can sell 10,000 units of product annually at a per unit selling price of $100. If the new unit is purchased, the number of units produced and sold would increase by 25%, and the selling price would remain the same.
  2. The new machine is faster than the old machine, and it is more efficient in its usage of materials. With the old machine the gross profit rate will be 28.5% of sales, whereas the rate will be 30% of sales with the new machine.

(Note: These gross profit rates do not include depreciation on the machines. For purposes of determining net income, treat depreciation expense as a separate line item.)

  1. Annual selling expenses are $160,000 with the current equipment. Because the new equipment would produce a greater number of units to be sold, annual selling expenses are expected to increase by 10% if it is purchased.
  2. Annual administrative expenses are expected to be $100,000 with the old machine, and $112,000 with the new machine.
  3. The current book value of the existing machine is $40,000. Erica uses the straight-line depreciation method.
  4. DC’s management has a required rate of return of 15% on its investment and a cash payback period of no more than 3 years.

Instructions:

Use excel or google sheets for all quantitative calculations.  You must demonstrate all calculations using formulas in your spreadsheet.

Answer the following. (Ignore income tax effects.)

  1. Calculate the annual rate of return for the new machine. (Round to two decimals.)
  2. Compute the cash payback period for the new machine. (Round to two decimals.)
  3. Compute the net present value of the new machine. (Round to the nearest dollar.)
  4. On the basis of the foregoing data, would you recommend that Erica buy the machine? Why?

Using the techniques you have learned for brainstorming, select four general informative topics that you would like to teach your audience in your presentation, the informative speech delivered in week 6. For each topic, list the general purpose statement, a specific purpose statement, the central idea, and a few potential points.

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Modules WCULA SPCH 142 Oral Communication 2023

Description
It is time to brainstorm! Using the techniques you have learned for brainstorming, select four general informative topics that you would like to teach your audience in your presentation, the informative speech delivered in week 6. For each topic, list the general purpose statement, a specific purpose statement, the central idea, and a few potential points. Include a paragraph or two describing your thoughts on the usefulness of brainstorming and the ways you can improve its use in the future.

NOTE: You must meet writing guidelines and use current APA format.

Rather than using a Gestalt approach, discuss which contemporary service model you believe to be the most appropriate for the above case scenario. Why? Be specific.

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Module 04 Content

  1. Part 1:

    Read Consider the following case scenario:Brent, a 50 year old married male is having anxiety about his young adult daughter Rachel, who in the past year has graduated from high school and is now freshman at a large university. Brent is worried that his daughter will not be successful academically and may make poor choices in deciding to drink with peers or even be a victim or date-rape. Brent’s wife Susan is less worried. She believes that Rachel has a good head on her shoulders, and that as a teenager, she did well in high school and has overall not been known for foolish behavior.

    Part 2:

    Research Using search engines and Rasmussen resources, research Gestalt Therapy, an older confrontational treatment model that looks at incongruences between the client’s verbal statements vs the client’s body language, including facial expressions. While some human service workers and counselors may borrow elements of Gestalt Therapy, very few would identify themselves as Gestalt purists.

    Part 3:

    Reflect For this part of the assignment, you will use your critical thinking skills and reflect upon the case scenario.

    In a minimum of two-pages (not counting the title page and reference page) address the following:

    • Explain the Gestalt Therapy methods.
    • Why the Gestalt approach is rarely used in a pure form.
    • Rather than using a Gestalt approach, discuss which contemporary service model you believe to be the most appropriate for the above case scenario. Why? Be specific.

Discuss your thoughts, in detail, on the Campus Sexual Assault Documentary. What did you find most surprising? Explain in detail.

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 Campus Sexual Assault

All questions are to be answered in detail and depth, follow this template exactly for content and style!

  1. Discuss your thoughts, in detail, on the Campus Sexual Assault Documentary.
  2. What did you find most surprising? Explain in detail.
  3. What did you find most disturbing? Explain in detail.
  4. Discuss your thoughts, in detail, on the AUC and Campus Sexual Assault Video #1.
  5. What did you find most surprising? Explain in detail.
  6. What did you find most disturbing? Explain in detail.
  7. Discuss your thoughts, in detail, on the AUC and Campus Sexual Assault Video #2.
  8. What did you find most surprising? Explain in detail.
  9. What did you find most disturbing? Explain in detail.
  10. After reviewing the Campus Sexual Violence Statistics site, discuss your thoughts on the “reporting” statistics and why they are as reported.

Explain in detail siting the stats you use in your assessment.

11. After reviewing the Powerpoint statistics on HBUs vs PWIs andCSA stats, why do you think HBCU’s appear to have fewer reported assaults? Explain in detail.

12. Why do you think PWIs have such higher CSA statistics? Explain in detail.