Recitation Material for Engineering Systems Analysis for Design

to be updated throughout semester                                Last update:  November 9, 2009

Dates Recitation Topic Material Exercises
Sept. 15, 16 1 Discussions for Uncertainty Exercise and Application Portfolio Uncertainty Exercise
AP 1: Project definition
Past student APs
  
Sept. 22, 23 2 Garage case calculation details AP 2: Uncertainty definition
FD Chapter 3
Garage model - Recitation
Garage model - Solution
Sept. 29, 30 3 Valuation and Choice of discount rate   12.2  12.3
13.4  13.4xls  13.5  13.5xls
Oct. 6, 7 4 Uncertainty characterization, production functions, marginal analysis Best fit to data for AP2
Generator of 3-D views of Prod. Fcn and Marginal Analysis
 2.4  2.4xls 4.3  4.13
Oct. 13, 14 5 Past midterms solution Midterm 2007 Midterm 2007 (sln)
Oct. 20, 21 6 Advice on portfolios; questions on assignments and lecture material
Oct. 27, 28 7 Decision analysis   16.2 16.9
Nov. 3, 4 8 Lattice development and valuation    binomial tree model 2009.xls
binomial lattice.xls
Nov. 10, 11 9 Dynamic programming DP Exercise (7.13)
Knapstack problem example
7-13tree
Nov. 17, 18 10 Advice on portfolios; questions on assignments and lecture material      
Nov. 24 11 Advice on portfolios; questions on assignments and lecture material        
Nov. 1, 2 12 Advice on portfolios; questions on assignments and lecture material        
Dec. 8, 9 13 Advice on portfolios; questions on assignments and lecture material