Civil and Environmental Engineering 2219A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Exponential Growth, Linear Programming, Subplot
12 Mar 2019
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You gotta know how to do all the stuff on this page. You gotta know what each thing is and how to do it. Take the systems approach to organizing the variables in the problem. System structure has the highest leverage for implementing lasting change in a system. Action of the system refers to the interactions between components of the system. Capital investment at compound interest is an example of exponential growth. Optimization in mathematical modelling = set of decision variables that maximize/minimize objective function. In systems approach (to organizing a variable), decision variable is controllable and partly controllable inputs. In (max z = c1x1 + c2x2), the c1 and c2 represent the parameters. Linear programming model is not applied for prediction problems. Negative loops can include significant delay in s-shaped growth. In matlab, the output of the command is suppressed by the semicolon (";")
