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Write one paragraph about the conflict at play in the story. What are the two things in conflict? Was the conflict resolved?

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Paper 5—Language/Tone

O’Connell

“The Lie,”  “Young Goodman Brown,” “Sonny’s Blues, ” Something Amazing,” “A Fable for the Living,” “Rocking Horse Winner,” “The Girls in Their Summer Dresses,” or “Big Me”

(Do for only one of the stories and not one you have previously written about)

  1. As you did for Paper 1, you should write one paragraph summarizing the story (do not give analysis–just tell what happens) and stating its central idea. Follow this with a paragraph proving the central idea.
  2. The third paragraph should talk about the protagonist and his/her main traits. Also discuss the antagonist’s role in the story. Relate the character discussion back to the central idea.
  3. Write one paragraph about the conflict at play in the story. What are the two things in conflict? Was the conflict resolved? Relate this back to the central idea.
  4. Write one paragraph stating the point of view and how the story would be changed if the point of view were different. How does this point of view emphasize the central idea?
  5. Write one paragraph about the setting and how it helps to illustrate the central idea.
  6. Write one paragraph about the different language elements used in the story. Give at least 4 examples. These could include: simile, metaphor, symbolism, dialogue/dialect, syntax, allegory and irony. Relate this back to central idea.
  7. Write one paragraph about the story’s tone (mood). Tell if the tone shifts in the story (often this happens near the end.). Relate back to central idea.

Do you think that Costco and other companies like it will continue to grow? Why or why not?

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In 1983, a Price Club employee, James Sinegal, and Jeffrey Brotman, a lawyer from an old Seattle retailing family opened Costco, the first wholesale distribution center in Seattle. Ten years later, Costco merged with Price Club, owned by Sol Price and his son Robert, to become PriceCostco. The company became the first to grow from zero to $3 billion in sales in less than six years. After Price left the company in 1994, the organization formally changed its name to Costco in 1997. As of July 2016, Costco had 705 warehouses in nine countries staffed by 117,000 employees. The formula for success obviously worked because the company has flourished into a worldwide brand with a total of over $116 billion in sales in 2016.

Although Costco shoppers pay an annual membership fee, it has been reported that around 90 percent of their members renew their memberships each year. With a large membership base and a philosophy of keeping prices down and passing savings along to members, the company continues to flourish and outsells its nearest competitor Sam’s Club. Today, besides food and household items, Costco facilities provide a variety of services. In addition to providing quality goods at the lowest prices possible, the organization strives to take care of its employees, operate efficiently in an environmentally responsible manner, source merchandise in a sustainable manner, and support the communities where its employees and members work and live.

What do you personally know about Costco and how does this impact your perspective of the company as a current or potential customer?

From a customer perspective, why do you think some companies like Costco have survived and flourished when competitors have not done as well?

Do you think that Costco and other companies like it will continue to grow? Why or why not?

Do you feel Costco and others like it provide good or simply adequate customer service? Are we as customers willing to accept lower service for convenience and lower prices? Why or why not?

Explain how Samsung could benefit by product pricing in terms of cost-plus concepts.

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Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read The Wall Street Journal article Samsung’s New Challenge: Rising Component Costs, and the Business Insider article Samsung Introduced 10 Times as Many Phones as Apple Last Year, but Its Mobile Division Made Half as Much Revenue (Links to an external site below is the link

https://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-vs-apple-galaxy-iphone-smartphone-revenue-chart-2017-2

In a three- to four-page paper (not including the title and reference pages) assess how Samsung’s technological smartphone innovation accounts for the company’s sales growth of mobile devices worldwide.

In your paper, determine whether Samsung could benefit by implementing a global product line-up strategy to pursue profitability. To make the determination go to Samsung’s.com official website and locate the “Investor Relations” link to retrieve Samsung’s financial statements. Utilize the SEC filings and annual reports to summarize Samsung’s principal goods and services, market share, geographic locations where it operates, and major competitors.

Samsung is a leading smartphone vendor worldwide. In 2017, Samsung’s market share of the global smartphone market was at around 21.6% with Apple as its closest competitor in the market. As the world’s biggest smartphone maker, Samsung tries to keep profits up in its mainstay mobile phone business, but the rising costs of the components that go into its devices proves to be a challenge.

In your paper,

Assess whether Samsung could benefit by using Activity Based Costing (ABC). Your evaluation should include
factor(s) that influenced your decision,
the ramifications of implementing ABC in the Global smartphone market, and
how you would structure the distribution of costs using ABC for Samsung.
Assess whether Samsung could benefit by using a standard cost system. Your evaluation should include
the factor(s) that influenced your decision,
the ramifications of costs, quantity, and variances, and
the ramifications of using standard costs in the global smartphone market.
Explain how Samsung could benefit by product pricing in terms of cost-plus concepts. This explanation should include
Samsung’s future plans, such as, expansion, consolidation, and downsizing, and
how costs concepts could be used in the decision making.

Must use at least five scholarly and/or credible articles from ProQuest Business, industry databases Nasdaq.com and EY.com, and comprehensive accounting databases FASB codification, AICPA, and SEC reference library sources in addition to the course text.

what is the design and implementation of supply chain strategies within the sector

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Global Supply Chain Management (MASTER LEVEL)

Theories in class: 1) Introduction to GSCM 2) Demand Management and Forecasting 3) Inventory and Procurement Management

Marking Scheme

 Criteria Marks
Use of theory/ reference to course ideas 30
Examples 30
Quality of argument 15
Citation and References 15
Conclusions 10

Please remember that marks for assignment will also be awarded in relation to presentation and structure, and aspects such as use of examples, figures, tables, illustrations and statistics that indicate wider/independent reading.

Relates to Learning Outcomes:

  • Analyse and critically evaluate the ways in which supply chains are adapted in view of specific market dynamics and environments.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of global lead-time management and time-compression.
  • Critically analyse the theory, concepts and models of global supply chain management to interpret and understand complex and ambiguous risks in global logistics and supply chain environments.
  • Locate, summarise and synthesise a range of information from published literature and electronic sources on GSCM.

               Assignment 1:

A modern supply chain is a dynamic network of great complexity. Thus, organisations should strive for developing supply chain strategies, configuring supply chains to maximise performance and coping with technological changes.  

Based on the above statement, you are asked to choose  oil and gas industry, and critically discuss:

(i) what is the design and implementation of supply chain strategies within the sector

(ii) how do the organisations configure their supply chains through collaboration, lean principles and agility, and,

(iii) how advanced technology (e.g., big data analytics, Internet of Things, cloud computing) are utilised by companies within the sector to maintain their competitive advantage.

For each question above, you should support your arguments by bringing into the discussion 1-2 examples of companies that belong to the industry.

Assessment Criteria

This assignment represents 50% of your overall module mark. The maximum word count is 3000 words (+/- 10%). You will also need to consider the following when completing your assignment:

  • Quality of executive summary (does it give a brief complete summary of your paper for an executive to read?)
  • Establishment of relevant theory (e.g. how supply chain environments are differentiated from region to region?)
  • Allocation of credit and sources used (have I included references and citations to the material I have used?)
  • Clarity of argument
  • Overall report presentation including spelling and grammar
  • Adherence to nominated word limit (+/- 10%)
  • Word processed (letter size 12, times new roman, 1.5 space)
  • Fully referenced (Harvard Referencing System) with min 25 references.

 

Describe your organization in terms of organizational life cycle. What stage of the lifecycle is your organization currently?

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After reading chapters 8 and 9, discuss your organization.

(1) Begin by analyzing the basic IT structure of the organization; expand to social business, and finally, any usage of big data analytics.

(2) Next, describe how the IT system has impacted control or changes in control for your department head.

(3) Describe your organization in terms of organizational life cycle. What stage of the lifecycle is your organization currently?

(4) Last, explain the form of control used. Defend your response and use research beyond the textbook to support the work.

How do I format an APA In-Text Citation?

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What is an APA In-Text Citation?

An in-text citation is a citation within your writing that shows where you found your information, facts, quotes, and research. All APA in-text citations require the same basic information:

  • Author’s last name (no first names or initials)
  • Year of publication (or “n.d.” if there is “no date”:(LastName, n.d., p.#))
  • Page or paragraph number (for direct quotations only)

To see how to format MLA in-text citations or Chicago Style citations, see these guides.

How do I format an APA In-Text Citation?

There are two main ways to format an in-text citation.

 

  1. Put all the citation information at the end of the sentence:
  2. Include some of the citation information as part of the sentence:

Each source cited in-text must also be listed in your References list.

However, there are two exceptions to this rule:

  • Personal communications (e.g., interviews, emails, or classroom discussion posts)
    • Example of in-text citation: (M.A. Jones, personal communication, October, 29, 2018)
  • Classic religious texts (e.g., Bible or the Koran).
    • Example of in-text citation: (Corinthians 13:1, Revised Standard Version)

These types of sources should be cited by in-text citations only.

Citing Quotes

If you are quoting from a work, you will need to include the author’s last name, year of publication, and the page number (p.#) or paragraph number (para.#). Introduce the quotation with a signal phrase that includes the author’s last name followed by the date of publication in parentheses.

For example:

According to Cook-Gumperz (1986), “The systematic development of literacy and schooling meant a new division in society, between the educated and the uneducated” (p. 27).

As mentioned by Carr (2008), “As we come to rely on computers to mediate our understanding of the world, it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence” (para. 34).

If the author is not mentioned as part of the sentence, place the author’s last name, the year of publication, and the page or paragraph number in parentheses after the quotation.

For example:

“The systematic development of literacy and schooling meant a new division in society, between the educated and the uneducated” (Cook-Gumperz, 1986, p. 27).

“As we come to rely on computers to mediate our understanding of the world, it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence” (Carr, 2008, para. 34).

Citing Paraphrases or Summaries

If you are paraphrasing or summarizing information from a source, you only have to cite the author’s last name and year of publication in your in-text citation.  However, APA guidelines strongly encourage you to also provide the page number or paragraph number as well, even though it is not required.

For example:

Some educational theorists suggest that schooling and a focus on teaching literacy divided society into educated and uneducated classes (Cook-Gumperz, 1986).

Some argue that relying too much on the Internet for information might hinder our mental capacities and our ability to read books and other long pieces (Carr, 2008).

Citing eBooks

When quoting an eBook like your Constellation textbook, your in-text citation needs to include the author’s last name, year, section number, and the paragraph number the quote is found in on the eBook page. It should look like this: (Author, Year, Section #.#, para. #).

For example:

“Adult development focuses on the scientific study of changes in behaviors, thoughts, and emotions that occur throughout adulthood” (Mossler, 2013, Section 1.1, para. 1).

Citing Web Pages

A web page is cited the same way as any other source, including the author and date. If you are using a quote, you will also need to include the page number. If there are no page numbers, include the paragraph number instead. You do not need to include the page or paragraph number when paraphrasing or summarizing.

When citing a web page, determine if the author is a person or an organization. Next, cite the year of publication, if known. If quoting, list the page number(s), if any. If no page numbers are listed, cite the paragraph number of the information that you use from the web page.

Author is an Individual

…(Dunn, 2016, para. 10).

If you can’t find an individual author, but you can find an organization or group that is responsible for the content of a web page, then cite that group, organization, corporation, university, government agency, or association as the author.


Author is an Organization/Company/University/Agency

…(United States Coast Guard, 2018, para. 6).

No Author

If your web page does not include any author, include the article title within quotation marks (“”). If there is no clear article title, include the web page title within quotation marks (“”). If the title is very long, just use the first few words:

…(“Policies and Procedures for Patrol,” 2018, p. 3).

No Date

You can often find the publication date of a web page at the top or bottom of the page. If no date is available, use n.d. (for no date).

…(Thompson, n.d., para. 12).
Citing Video or Audio Sources

When quoting a media source such as a video or audio recording that lacks page numbers but includes timestamps, the citation should include the speaker (or screen name), the year of the recording, and the time that indicates when the quote begins in the recording:

“In 1972 there were 300,000 people in jails and prisons; today, there are 2.3 million”(Stevenson, 2016, 05:52).

Citing No Author

If your text does not include an author, include the web page or article title within quotation marks (” “):

A collapse of the main ramp into the San Jose mine leaves 33 miners trapped 2,300 feet underground for two months (“All 33 Chile Miners,” 2010).

If you are citing a book or eBook with no author, include the book title in italics:

Andragogy is the method and practice of teaching adult learners (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 2005).

When a group or an organization creates a work, that organization, corporation, university, government agency, or association can be treated as the author. In this case, include the full name of the group as the author:

(Ashford University, 2017, p. 4)

Citing Multiple Authors

2 Authors

When your source has 2 authors, use an ampersand (&) for your end-of-sentence citation, but use “and” when the last names are a part of your sentence:

…(Jones & Fraenza, 2017, p. 3).

In their article, Jones and Fraenza (2017) stated that… (p. 3).

3-5 Authors

The first time you cite 3-5 authors use an ampersand (&):

…(Edwards, Howard, & Sharpe, 2016, para. 1).

If you are using the authors’ last names as part of the sentence, use an “and” between the last two names:

Edwards, Howard, and  Sharpe (2006) argued that…

All other times you cite this source, only include the first author’s last name, followed by “et al.”:

…(Edwards et al., 2006, para. 1).

Edwards et al. (2006) discussed that…

6+ Authors

When you have 6 or more authors, include only the last name of the first author listed, followed by “et al.”:

…(Lekkerkerk et al., 2014, para. 2).

Lekkerkerk et al. (2014) discussed that…

Citing Secondary or Indirect Sources

The APA defines a secondary source (aka an indirect source) as a source that cites or quotes another source.

For example, if you read an article by Brown (2017) and that author quotes the earlier work of Smith (2010), Brown is the secondary or indirect source (because it was written later) and Smith is considered the direct or original source (because it was written first).

To cite a source you found in another source, state the original author within your sentence and state “as cited in” followed by the last name and year of the secondary source. For example:

According to Smith (as cited in Brown, 2017) students need faculty and staff support to succeed.

More Examples:

The writer wants to discuss Lee’s study who was cited in Brown’s (2014) article:

Coffee helps students stay awake to study (Lee, as cited in Brown, 2014).

The writer wishes to use a quote from Parker who was also quoted on page 5 within an article by Miles (2013):

Parker (as cited in Miles, 2013) stated that “drinking coffee black is healthier” (p. 5).

Citing Legal Sources

For information on citing legal materials, see our Citing Legal Sources page.

 

Are reflex actions (such as flinching from a hot stove) rational? Are they intelligent?

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SCI 1000C – Scientific Inquiry: Artificial Intelligence
Problem Set
Instructions: Be sure to answer every part of each question to receive maximum credit on this assignment. Every question is worth 10 points (if there are multiple parts to a question, their total sums to 10 points) for a maximum of 100 points. If any part of your answer to any question is copied from a solutions manual or other online source, this is considered cheating and you will receive 0 points for that question and be at risk for failing the assignment. Please submit your typed answers as a PDF file through the Blackboard portal.
1. Science intro
a. Is AI a branch of science, or is it engineering? Neither science nor engineering? Both science and engineering? Explain your reasoning.
b. Are reflex actions (such as flinching from a hot stove) rational? Are they intelligent?
c. Why would evolution tend to result in systems that act rationally? What goals are those systems designed to achieve?
2. Task feasibility
Discover whether the following tasks can currently be solved by computers and elaborate on how the task is solved. For the currently infeasible (or semi-feasible) tasks, try to examine what the difficulties are and predict when, if ever, they will be overcome.
a. Playing a decent game of ping pong
b. Driving in the center of Cairo, Egypt
c. Driving in Victorville, California
d. Buying a week’s worth of groceries at the market
e. Buying a week’s worth of groceries on the web
f. Discovering and proving new mathematical theorems
g. Writing an intentionally funny story
h. Giving competent legal advice in a specialized area of law
i. Translating spoken English into spoken Swedish in real time
j. Performing a complex surgical operation
3. Search engines
We’re going to explore the results of a few different search engines by designing an experiment. Four common search engines that people use are Google, Bing, Yahoo, and AOL, and we’re going test each of them.
Choose 5 search terms that you will run a search for in each of the four mentioned search engines. These searches can be anything you want, but you should try to vary how general or specific they are to get a feel for the nuances in various search engines.
First, hypothesize which search engine you believe will perform “the best” on each search you run. What does “the best” even mean? Well, that can depend on the context:
• You might want to broaden your scope and look at the first 20 answers returned, with the objective of getting as much relevant information as possible. (e.g. your boss wants to ensure that you have a general enough understanding of a topic)
• Or you might be crunched for time, need only one relevant document, and will go down the list until you find the first one. (e.g. a manager needs something urgently regardless of quality, breadth, or depth of information)
• And maybe you have a narrow query and can examine all the answers retrieved, because you want to be sure that you have seen everything in the search results that is relevant to your query. (e.g. a lawyer wants to be sure that she has found all relevant precedents, and is willing to spend considerable resources on that)
You’ll browse the user interface and click through a few pages of results for each search engine.
a. List your hypothesis about which search engine you think will perform “best” for each search you run. Be sure to provide what searches you are running so I can replicate results if needed.
b. Do all the search engines generally look or behave the same? Why might this be?
c. Is there anything unique about the user experience of each search engine?
d. Comment on the quality of the results for each term on each search engine.
e. Was your hypothesis supported by your observations? Explain.
4. The Almanac Game
This problem is themed around the Almanac Game, which is used by decision analysts to calibrate numeric estimation. For each of the questions that follow, give your best guess of the answer, that is, a number that you think is as likely to be too high as it is to be too low. Also give your guess at a 25th percentile estimate, that is, a number that you think has a 25% chance of being too high, and a 75% chance of being too low. Do the same for the 75th percentile. You should give three estimates in all for each question – low, median, and high.
The idea here is to improve your guessing accuracy as you progress from (a) to (t). After you finish estimating (j), check your answers so far by searching on the Internet. Use this to gauge your estimation abilities and then answer (k) through (t) with that knowledge in mind.
From the point of view of decision analysts, the interesting thing is not how close your median guesses came to the real answers, but rather how often the real answer came within your 25% and 75% bounds. If it was about half the time, then your bounds are accurate. If you are like most people, you will be more sure of yourself than you should be, and fewer than half the answers will fall within the bounds. With practice, you can calibrate yourself to give realistic bounds, and thus be more useful in supplying information for decision making.
a. Number of passengers who flew between New York and Los Angeles in 1989
b. Population of Warsaw in 1992
c. Year in which Coronado discovered the Mississippi River
d. Number of votes received by Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential election
e. Age of the oldest living tree, as of 2002
f. Height of the Hoover Dam in feet
g. Number of eggs produced in Oregon in 1985
h. Number of Buddhists in the world in 1992
i. Number of deaths due to AIDS in the United States in 1981
j. Number of U.S. patents granted in 1901
[STOP – as we mentioned in the instructions, go back and check your estimates for questions a-j. You’ll then answer questions k-t with more calibrated estimation and quantitative reasoning skills.]
k. Year of birth of Zsa Zsa Gabor
l. Maximum distance from Mars to the sun in miles
m. Value in dollars of exports of wheat from the United States in 1992
n. Tons handled by the port of Honolulu in 1991
o. Annual salary in dollars of the governor of California in 1993
p. Population of San Diego in 1990
q. Year in which Roger Williams founded Providence, Rhode Island
r. Height of Mt. Kilimanjaro in feet
s. Length of the Brooklyn Bridge in feet
t. Number of deaths due to automobile accidents in the United States in 1992
5. Everyday algorithms
Formulate a model and develop an algorithm to solve each of the following problems. In each case, start with a simple algorithm, then think about situations that can realistically go wrong, and then make any appropriate adjustments to your algorithm.
Decide on the level of abstraction you want in your pseudocode and create any necessary sub-algorithms (also known as functions) along the way. Be sure to simplify your pseudocode with control flow techniques such as choice (if-then-else statements) or loops (count-controlled, condition-controlled).
Keep in mind that there is no “correct” answer to these problems, so everyone will have a unique solution. The thought process is what counts!
a. Making 2 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
b. Playing a game of musical chairs
c. Getting home from school or work
6. Rational agents
Suppose that the performance measure of an intelligent agent is concerned with just the first 𝑇 time steps of the environment and ignores everything afterward. In this problem, we’ll demonstrate that a rational agent’s action may depend not just on the state of the environment but also on the time step it has reached.
Let’s assume that the agent exists in a sequential environment in which rewards take time to arrive – then we can say that the rewards are “over the horizon” and gained at some point after time 𝑇. Suppose that there are 2 states (𝑠 and 𝑠’), and 1 of 2 actions (𝑎 or 𝑏) can be performed in each state. At time 𝑇–1, an action moves it to time 𝑇. At time 𝑇, an action “ends the game”. The rules of the game are as follows…
If the agent is in state 𝑠:
• Action 𝑎 brings the agent to state 𝑠’ with reward 0
• Action 𝑏 keeps the agent in state 𝑠 with reward 1
If the agent is in state 𝑠’:
• Either action grants the agent a reward of 10
Based on the information above, answer the following questions:
a. Consider the case where the agent starts in state 𝑠 at time 𝑇–1. What is the rational sequence of actions for the agent to take, based on the expected total reward before time is up? Explain your reasoning.
b. Consider the case where the agent starts in state 𝑠 at time 𝑇. What is the rational sequence of actions for the agent to take, based on the expected total reward before time is up? Explain your reasoning.
[Note: Your answers to part (a) and part (b) should be different; therefore, we have demonstrated that a rational agent’s action may depend on the time step it has reached.]
c. Provide 3 examples from real life where your actions may depend on the “time step” you have reached – this is referring to the amount of time you have left before gaining a reward or avoiding a loss.
7. Binary search trees
Consider a state space where the start state is number 1 and each state 𝑘 has two successors: numbers 2𝑘 and 2𝑘+1.
a. Draw the portion of the state space for states 1 to 15.
b. Suppose the goal state is 11. List the order in which nodes will be visited for:
i. Breadth-first search
ii. Depth-first search
c. Call the action going from 𝑘 to 2𝑘 “Left”, and the action going from 𝑘 to 2𝑘+1 “Right”. Find a simple “algorithm” that outputs the solution to this problem without any search at all. (Hint – write the goal state number in binary…)
8. Constraint satisfaction
In 5 houses, each painted a different color, live 5 people of different nationalities, each of whom prefers a different brand of candy, a different drink, and a different pet.
Houses: Red, white, yellow, blue, green
Nationalities: English, Spanish, Norwegian, French, Japanese
Candies: Hershey bars, Kit Kats, Skittles, Twizzlers, Starbursts
Drinks: Orange juice, tea, coffee, milk, water
Pets: Fish, cat, bird, rabbit, dog
The Englishman lives in the red house.
The Spaniard owns the fish.
The Norwegian lives in the first house on the left.
The green house is immediately to the right of the white house.
The man who eats Hershey bars lives in the house next to the man with the cat.
Kit Kats are eaten in the yellow house.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The Skittles eater owns the bird.
The Twizzlers eater drinks orange juice.
The Frenchman drinks tea.
The Japanese eats Starbursts.
Kit Kats are eaten in a house next to the house where the rabbit is kept.
Coffee is drunk in the green house.
Milk is drunk in the middle house.
a. Draw the complete solution to this puzzle.
b. What is the color of the house where the dog lives?
c. What is the nationality of the person who drinks water?
9. Robotics
Consider a mobile robot moving on a horizontal surface. Suppose that the robot can execute two kinds of motions:
• Rolling forward a specified distance
• Rotating in place through a specified angle
The state of such a robot can be characterized in terms of three parameters (𝑥,𝑦,𝜙), where 𝑥 and 𝑦 are the 𝑥-coordinate and 𝑦-coordinate of the robot (more precisely, of its center of rotation) and 𝜙 is the robot’s orientation expressed as the angle from the +𝑥 direction.
• The action “𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑙(𝐷)” changes state (𝑥,𝑦,𝜙) to (𝑥+𝐷cos𝜙,𝑦+𝐷sin𝜙,𝜙)
• The action “𝑅𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒(𝜃)” changes state (𝑥,𝑦,𝜙) to (𝑥,𝑦,𝜙+𝜃)
Suppose that the robot is initially at (0,0,0) and then executes the sequence of actions 𝑅𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒(60°), 𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑙(1), 𝑅𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒(25°), and 𝑅𝑜𝑙𝑙(2). What is the final state of the robot? Show your work for each step.
10. Translation tools
We’re going to run an experiment to explore the accuracy of one of our favorite translation tools, as an application of natural language processing. Choose a highly descriptive and vividly detailed paragraph from your favorite book or other publication. (Be sure to type it out in your assignment so I can replicate results if needed.)
You will use Google Translate to translate this paragraph into 5 foreign languages, and then copy those results and translate them back into English. You might be wondering which foreign languages you’ll try – and you get to decide those too! I recommend choosing languages that are all very different from one another (i.e. mix things up to get more unique results from your experiment).
a. Formulate a hypothesis about which of the 5 language translations will be most accurate (going from English to a certain language, and then from that language back to English) for the paragraph you chose.
b. Rate the resulting English paragraph for grammatical correctness and preservation of meaning.
c. Does the choice of intermediate language make a difference to the quality of the results?
d. Was your hypothesis supported by your observations?

Discuss how event-driven systems are beneficial for interactive applications.

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Assignment Overview
The Windows Operating Systems family is the most widely used operating system for personal computers. This assignment is about the Windows operating system architecture and functionality. The assignment consists of three questions. Question one is concerned with the Windows operating system architecture, question two covers the message and event handling which is at the heart of an interactive system while question 3 is concerned with resource handling. You need to answer ALL questions. This is an individual piece of work. Please answer questions in full sentences. No bullet points. Put your answers into the provided answer sheet which should have your name and k-number at the top. You must reference any external sources that you have used to derive your answers .
Submit your answer sheet as a WORD or PDF document via CANVAS. There are 30 marks in total. This assignment counts for 15% of the total mark of this module.
Question 1: Windows Architecture – (10 marks)
Describe the general architecture of the Windows operating system. Provide a system diagram and explain the major components of the system. Highlight two innovations in the Windows operating system design. Discuss how the architecture of the Windows system contributed to the success in the market.
Question 2: Windows Event Handling – (10 marks)
The Windows Operating System and applications are event-driven and retrieve messages from message queues. The messages are then further dispatched to the appropriate windows procedures for each open window in an application.
a) Discuss how event-driven systems are beneficial for interactive applications.
b) Take a look at the source code of a WndProc function example below. Analyse how the windows procedure (WndProc) is decoding a WM_COMMAND event message to display a Dialog Box. You also need to describe the role of the parameter variables. Refer to the source code in your description.
CI5250 – Operating Systems Assignment 2/3
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
int wmId, wmEvent;
PAINTSTRUCT ps;
HDC hdc;
switch (message)
{
case WM_COMMAND:
wmId = LOWORD(wParam);
wmEvent = HIWORD(wParam);
// Parse the menu selections:
switch (wmId)
{
case IDM_ABOUT:
DialogBox(hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_ABOUTBOX), hWnd, About);
break;
case IDM_EXIT:
DestroyWindow(hWnd);
break;
default:
return DefWindowProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
}
break;
case WM_PAINT:
hdc = BeginPaint(hWnd, &ps);
// TODO: Add any drawing code here…
EndPaint(hWnd, &ps);
break;
case WM_DESTROY:
PostQuitMessage(0);
break;
default:
return DefWindowProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
}
return 0;
}
CI5250 – Operating Systems Assignment 3/3
Question 3: Resource Management (10 marks)
The Operating System manages resources such as memory, files and CPU time which are assigned to processing entities such as processes and threads. Processes request resources from the operating system through appropriate system API function calls.
a) Run the ResourcesApp.exe on the command line and analyse the source code as well. The application requests and releases processing and memory resources. Through which system function calls is this achieved?
b) Run the application with increasing processing demands (1,2,….12) processing threads. The application will print out how long it took to complete the processing for all threads. Populate the table below with the timings and plot a line graph using Excel or any other spreadsheet software. Copy the graph and table into your answer sheet. Describe how the OS scheduler is distributing the processing between different CPU cores. This can be observed in the performance tab of the Task Manager or the Process Explorer from the sysinternals tools. How many CPU cores are busy? Give an explanation for your observations. How efficient is the computer system at handling the increasing processing demand?

How do training officers contribute to the training and learning intervention in ABC?

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ABC Supports Training
After reading this week’s case study answer the following questions.
Explain your understanding of the following statement and concept “growing their own people.”
Identify one challenge that ABC is currently facing.
How is training and development promoted and supported in ABC?
What methods does ABC employ to get the message across in order to engage as many employees as possible?
How are these training interventions supported in ABC?
Why do you think is ABC so successful in their training and learning interventions? Or are they successful? Is there any room for improvement?
How do training officers contribute to the training and learning intervention in ABC?
List the approaches for measuring performance. Should more be used? Why or why not?
If you were CEO for a day at ABC what would you do to ensure training was supported?

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
Write between (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
Include cover page and reference page.
At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.
References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

A detailed explanation of how to cite a source using APA

What do the Yellow Woman stories suggest concerning human desire?

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What do the Yellow Woman stories suggest concerning human desire?
in story “Yellow Woman” by Leslie Marmon Silko.