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A corridor connecting a suburban region to the Central Business District (CBD) is experiencing significant congestion...

A corridor connecting a suburban region to the Central Business District (CBD) is experiencing significant congestion during morning peak periods. The primary purpose of travel during the peak period is “work”, and the corridor has two main modes-drive alone (single occupant vehicle=SOV), and carpool. The city transportation engineer is considering converting a lane in each direction of travel into a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) only lane. The city officials want 2 to know what impact this proposed measure would have on current mode split in the corridor. A multinomial logit model is to be used for the analysis. The utility functions for the model are:

VSOV = 2.0 - 0.05( TTSOV) - -0.2 (TC SOV)

Vcarpool = - 0.05(TTCarpool) - 0.2(TC Carpool)

TTi=travel time by mode i, minutes TCi=travel cost by mode i, dollars

Carpool =2-person carpool

Assume 2-person carpool cost is half cost for single occupant vehicle in the base condition only

The current count of vehicles in the corridor based on vehicle occupancy is:

Number of single occupant vehicles=3268

Number of 2-person carpool vehicles=532

The expected system attribute values if the HOV lane were to be implemented are:

TTauto = 20 minutes

TTcarpool = 12 minutes

TCauto = $7.75

TCcarpool = $3.75

i. Determine what the current mode split is in the corridor

ii. Determine what the current average car occupancy is in the corridor.

iii. Determine what the expected mode split would be after implementation of the HOV lane.

iv. Determine what the expected average car occupancy in the corridor would be after implementation of the HOV lane.

In: Economics

A corridor connecting a suburban region to the Central Business District (CBD) is experiencing significant congestion...

A corridor connecting a suburban region to the Central Business District (CBD) is experiencing significant congestion during morning peak periods. The primary purpose of travel during the peak period is “work”, and the corridor has two main modes-drive alone (single occupant vehicle= SOV), and carpool. The city transportation engineer is considering converting a lane in each direction of travel into a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) only lane. The city officials want 2 to know what impact this proposed measure would have on current mode split in the corridor. A multinomial logit model is to be used for the analysis. The utility functions for the model are:

VSOV = 2.0 - 0.05( TTSOV) - -0.2 (TC SOV) Vcarpool = - 0.05(TTCarpool) - 0.2(TC Carpool)

TTi=travel time by mode i, minutes TCi=travel cost by mode i, dollars

Carpool =2-person carpool

Assume 2-person carpool cost is half cost for single occupant vehicle in the base condition only

The current count of vehicles in the corridor based on vehicle occupancy is:

Number of single occupant vehicles=3268

Number of 2-person carpool vehicles=532

The expected system attribute values if the HOV lane were to be implemented are:

TTauto = 20 minutes TTcarpool = 12 minutes TCauto = $7.75 TCcarpool = $3.75

i. Determine what the current mode split is in the corridor

ii. Determine what the current average car occupancy is in the corridor.

iii. Determine what the expected mode split would be after implementation of the HOV lane.

iv. Determine what the expected average car occupancy in the corridor would be after implementation of the HOV lane.

In: Economics

An economist studied a large data set of Mexican consumer prices covering episodes of both high...

An economist studied a large data set of Mexican consumer prices covering episodes of both high and low inflation. One of the goods in the study was coffee. When the inflation rate was low, an average of 3.4 changes in the price of coffee occurred each year. When the inflation rate was high, the price of coffee changed more frequently—an average of 9.2 times each year. [Source: E. Etienne Gagnon, Price setting during low and high inflation: Evidence from Mexico, International Finance Discussion Papers, No. 896 (City: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2007).]

The expected number of coffee-price changes in a 1-month period is_____   
  • 0.525
  • 0.767
  • 0.283
  • 6.3
when inflation is low and____ when inflation is high.   
  • 0.525
  • 0.283
  • 0.767
  • 6.3

Assume that y, the number of price changes in any 1-month period, is described by a Poisson probability distribution with a mean equal to one of the values you just calculated (depending on whether the inflation rate is high or low).

Then x, the number of months between consecutive price changes, is exponentially distributed with a mean of____   
  • 1.9
  • 1.3
  • 3.5
  • 0.2
when inflation is low and a mean of _____when inflation is high.
  • 0.2
  • 3.5
  • 1.9
  • 1.3
The probability that the price of coffee remains fixed for more than 3 months is____
  • 0.4244
  • 0.5756
  • 0.0995
  • 0.9005
when inflation is low and _____when inflation is high.   
  • 0.4244
  • 0.5756
  • 0.9005
  • 0.0995

If the probability that the price of coffee stays the same for 2 months or less is about 0.44, is Mexico’s inflation rate high or low?

a. Low

b. High

If Mexico is in a high inflation episode, the variance of x is____   
  • 12.25
  • 1.69
  • 1.35
  • 3.56
.

In: Statistics and Probability

A colleague of yours from the GIMPA School of Technology has decided to venture into Sobolo...

A colleague of yours from the GIMPA School of Technology has decided to venture into Sobolo production and as a student of Managerial Economics, he/she has pleaded with you to help boost demand and revenue. You estimated that the demand equation for his or her Sobolo is: ??=50−0.5??+0.2?+0.5???+1.25? where Qs is the number of 500ml bottles of Sobolo demanded, Ps is the price he/she charges per 500ml bottle of Sobolo, I is the average income per month of his or her customers and Pos is the price his or her closest competitors charge per 500ml bottle of Sobolo and A is your colleague’s investment in marketing or advertisement campaign: a) Interpret the demand equation and explain what might have informed your choice of these factors as key determinants of Sobolo demand and why? b) Suppose that your colleague sold 350 bottles of Sobolo last week, where I = GHc 1,500, Pos = GHc 2.00 with no investment in advertisement, what is the price (Ps) that your colleague charged per bottle of Sobolo? Find and explain the price and income elasticities of demand for Sobolo. c) Your colleague is considering a GHc 1,100 promotional campaign to bolster sales and revenues and you have projected that the promotional campaign will change the demand equation to: ??=55−0.5??+0.2?+0.5???+4.25? Supposing that your projections are accurate, what number of bottles of Sobolo (Qs) will your colleague sell and why based on ?? , ? and ??? info in b? d) How will the concept of opportunity cost help you establish whether your colleague’s promotional campaign will be effective or not given no change in average income of his or her customers and no change in price of his or her closest competitors? What is advertisement elasticity of demand for Sobolo?

In: Economics

A 2010 Pew Research poll asked 1,306 Americans "From what you've read and heard, is there...

A 2010 Pew Research poll asked 1,306 Americans "From what you've read and heard, is there solid evidence that the average temperature on earth has been getting warmer over the past few decades, or not?". The table below shows the distribution of responses by party and ideology, where the counts have been replaced with relative frequencies. Earth is warming Not warming Don't know (or refuse) Total Conservative Republican 0.11 0.2 0.02 0.33 Mod/Lib Republican 0.06 0.06 0.01 0.13 Mod/Cons Democrat 0.25 0.07 0.02 0.34 Liberal Democrat 0.18 0.01 0.01 0.2 Total 0.6 0.34 0.06 1 a) Are believing that the earth is warming and being a liberal Democrat mutually exclusive? not mutually exclusive mutually exclusive b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen respondent believes the earth is warming or is a liberal Democrat? (please round to four decimal places) c) What is the probability that a randomly chosen respondent believes the earth is warming given that he is a liberal Democrat? (please round to four decimal places) d) What is the probability that a randomly chosen respondent believes the earth is warming given that he is a conservative Republican? (please round to four decimal places) e) Does it appear that whether or not a respondent believes the earth is warming is independent of their party ideology? belief in global warming and party ideology are dependent belief in global warming and party ideology are independent f) What is the probability that a randomly chosen respondent is a moderate/liberal Republican given that he does not believe that the earth is warming? (please round to four decimal places)

In: Statistics and Probability

A corridor connecting a suburban region to the Central Business District (CBD) is experiencing significant congestion...

A corridor connecting a suburban region to the Central Business District (CBD) is experiencing significant congestion during morning peak periods. The primary purpose of travel during the peak period is “work”, and the corridor has two main modes-drive alone (single occupant vehicle= SOV), and carpool. The city transportation engineer is considering converting a lane in each direction of travel into a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) only lane. The city officials want 2 to know what impact this proposed measure would have on current mode split in the corridor. A multinomial logit model is to be used for the analysis. The utility functions for the model are:

VSOV = 2.0 - 0.05( TTSOV) - -0.2 (TC SOV) Vcarpool = - 0.05(TTCarpool) - 0.2(TC Carpool)

TTi=travel time by mode i, minutes TCi=travel cost by mode i, dollars

Carpool =2-person carpool

Assume 2-person carpool cost is half cost for single occupant vehicle in the base condition only

The current count of vehicles in the corridor based on vehicle occupancy is:

Number of single occupant vehicles=3268

Number of 2-person carpool vehicles=532

The expected system attribute values if the HOV lane were to be implemented are:

TTauto = 20 minutes TTcarpool = 12 minutes TCauto = $7.75 TCcarpool = $3.75

i. Determine what the current mode split is in the corridor

ii. Determine what the current average car occupancy is in the corridor.

iii. Determine what the expected mode split would be after implementation of the HOV lane.

iv. Determine what the expected average car occupancy in the corridor would be after implementation of the HOV lane.

In: Civil Engineering

ou plan to invest in the Kish Hedge Fund, which has total capital of $500 million...

ou plan to invest in the Kish Hedge Fund, which has total capital of $500 million invested in five stocks:

Stock Investment Stock's Beta Coefficient
A $160 million 0.6
B 120 million 1.1
C 80 million 1.7
D 80 million 1.0
E 60 million

1.4

Kish's beta coefficient can be found as a weighted average of its stocks' betas. The risk-free rate is 6%, and you believe the following probability distribution for future market returns is realistic:

Probability Market Return
0.1 -26 %
0.2 0
0.4 12
0.2 32
0.1 50
  1. What is the equation for the Security Market Line (SML)? (Hint: First determine the expected market return.)

    1. ri = 6.0% + (7.6%)bi
    2. ri = 9.6% + (9.1%)bi
    3. ri = 6.0% + (9.0%)bi
    4. ri = 9.9% + (7.6%)bi
    5. ri = 9.9% + (9.0%)bi

    -Select-IIIIIIIVV

  2. Calculate Kish's required rate of return. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

    %

  3. Suppose Rick Kish, the president, receives a proposal from a company seeking new capital. The amount needed to take a position in the stock is $50 million, it has an expected return of 15%, and its estimated beta is 1.5. Should Kish invest in the new company?

    The new stock -Select-should notshould be purchased.

    At what expected rate of return should Kish be indifferent to purchasing the stock? Round your answer to two decimal places.

    %

  4. Assume that the risk-free rate is 3.5% and the required return on the market is 8%. What is the required rate of return on a stock with a beta of 3? Round your answer to two decimal places.

In: Finance

1)Over the past 12 weeks, demand and orders at Michael’s Metals are as follows. Calculate the...

1)Over the past 12 weeks, demand and orders at Michael’s Metals are as follows. Calculate the bullwhip measure for the 12-week period.

Demand Orders
1 228 137
2 185 120
3 206 231
4 243 197
5 194 224
6 209 140
7 243 135
8 206 246
9 156 120
10 149 250
11 191 194
12 159 187

a)0.41

b)2.42

c)3.15

d)1.1

2)The following tasks lie on the critical path of a project:

Task Mean Completion Time St. Dev
A 4 0.6
B 5 0.2
E 2 0.1
F 6 1
H 2 0.2
M 6 0.1

a.The above task gives the mean completion time of each task (in days) and the standard deviation. Based on this information, what is the probability that the project will be completed in 23 days or less?

a)less than 5% but more than 3%

b)Less than 3%

c)More than 5% but less than 10%

d)More than 10%

b.The above task gives the mean completion time of each task (in days) and the standard deviation. Based on this information, with 99% probability, in how many days will the project be completed?

3) A firm X is evaluating disaster risk in the supply chain. If the probability of the super even S=0.1 and the probability of the unique event U=0.05, what is the lowest possible probability of supply chain disruption that firm X can achieve (regardless of the suppliers)?

a)0.1

b)0.12

c)0.14

d)0.08

In: Operations Management

Using Java preferably with Eclipse Task: Write a program that creates a class Apple and a...

Using Java preferably with Eclipse

Task:

Write a program that creates a class Apple and a tester to make sure the Apple class is crisp and delicious.

Instructions:

First create a class called Apple

The class Apple DOES NOT HAVE a main method

Some of the attributes of Apple are

Type: A string that describes the apple.  It may only be of the following types:

 Red Delicious

 Golden Delicious

 Gala

 Granny Smith

Weight: A decimal value representing the apple’s weight in kilograms.  The weight must be between 0kg and 2kg

Price: The price per apple.  This must be a non­negative decimal value

Create the Default Constructor – sets everything to default values and has no parameters

Create Accessors and Mutators for each instance variable

MAKE SURE THE MUTATORS CHECK FOR VALID VALUES!

Create the following Methods

toString() : Displays the values of the instance variables on the console.

Finally create a class called AppleTester

This class DOES HAVE a main method

Create at least 3 different types of apples

Test if the accessors, mutators, and other methods work as intended.

Sample Output:

Welcome to the apple tester!!!

Creating the first apple!

Default values of the first apple object:

Type: Gala

Weight: 0.5 kg

Price: $0.88

Creating the second apple object!

Enter the type of the second apple object:

Granny Smith

Enter the weight of the second apple object:

0.7

Enter the price of the second apple object:

1.45

Values of the second apple object:

Type: Granny Smith

Weight: 0.7 kg

Price: $1.45

Creating the third apple object!

Enter the type of the third apple object:

Banana

Invalid value for type!

Enter the weight of the third apple object:

3.5

Invalid value for weight!

Enter the price of the third apple object:

­2.22

Invalid value for price!

Printing the third apple’s values which should have not changed from the default values

Retrieving the third apple object's type:Gala

Retrieving the third apple object's weight:0.5 kg

Retrieving the third apple object's price:$0.88

In: Computer Science

function varargout = untitled(varargin) gui_Singleton = 1; gui_State = struct('gui_Name', mfilename, ... 'gui_Singleton', gui_Singleton, ... 'gui_OpeningFcn',...

function varargout = untitled(varargin)

gui_Singleton = 1;
gui_State = struct('gui_Name', mfilename, ...
'gui_Singleton', gui_Singleton, ...
'gui_OpeningFcn', @untitled_OpeningFcn, ...
'gui_OutputFcn', @untitled_OutputFcn, ...
'gui_LayoutFcn', [] , ...
'gui_Callback', []);
if nargin && ischar(varargin{1})
gui_State.gui_Callback = str2func(varargin{1});
end

if nargout
[varargout{1:nargout}] = gui_mainfcn(gui_State, varargin{:});
else
gui_mainfcn(gui_State, varargin{:});
end
% End initialization code - DO NOT EDIT


function untitled_OpeningFcn(hObject, eventdata, handles, varargin)

handles.output = hObject;


guidata(hObject, handles);


function varargout = untitled_OutputFcn(hObject, eventdata, handles)
varargout{1} = handles.output;


function pushbutton1_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)

handles.img2=uigetfile({'*.jpg;*.tif;*.png;*.gif','All Image Files';...
'*.*','All Files' },'G:\dipproject')

img=handles.img2;
  
axes(handles.axes1)   
  
imshow(img);

guidata(hObject, handles);


function pushbutton3_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)

img=handles.img2;
img=imread(img)
bw=im2bw(img,0.7);
label=bwlabel(bw);
stats=regionprops(label,'Solidity','Area');
density=[stats.Solidity];
area=[stats.Area];
high_dense_area=density>0.5;
max_area=max(area(high_dense_area));
tumor_label=find(area==max_area);
tumor=ismember(label,tumor_label);
se=strel('square',5);
tumor=imdilate(tumor,se);
axes(handles.axes2)
  
imshow(tumor,[]);

guidata(hObject, handles);


function pushbutton4_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)

img=handles.img2;
img=imread(img)   

contents=get(hObject,'value')
bw=im2bw(img,0.7);
label=bwlabel(bw);
stats=regionprops(label,'Solidity','Area');
density=[stats.Solidity];
area=[stats.Area];
high_dense_area=density>0.5;
max_area=max(area(high_dense_area));
tumor_label=find(area==max_area);
tumor=ismember(label,tumor_label);
se=strel('square',5);
tumor=imdilate(tumor,se);
[B,L]=bwboundaries(tumor,'noholes');


axes(handles.axes3)
imshow(img,[]);
hold on
for i=1:length(B)
plot(B{i}(:,2),B{i}(:,1), 'y' ,'linewidth',1.45);
end
guidata(hObject, handles);

function pushbutton5_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)

clc
clear all;
close all;

Please explain this code step by step matlab program

In: Computer Science