...Critical Path Analysis (CPA) is a project management tool that: • Sets out all the individual activities that make up a larger project. • Shows the order in which activities have to be undertaken. • Shows which activities can only take place once other activities have been completed. • Shows which activities can be undertaken simultaneously, thereby reducing the overall time taken to complete the whole project. • Shows when certain resources will be needed – for example, a crane to be hired for a building site. In order to construct a CPA, it is necessary to estimate the elapsed time for each activity – that is the time taken from commencement to completion. Then the CPA is drawn up based on dependencies such as: • The availability of labour and other resources • Lead times for delivery of materials and other services • Seasonal factors – such as dry weather required in a building project Once the CPA is drawn up, it is possible to see the CRITICAL PATH itself – this is a route through the CPA, which has no spare time (called ‘FLOAT’ or ‘slack’) in any of the activities. In other words, if there is any delay to any of the activities on the critical path, the whole project will be delayed unless the firm makes other changes to bring the project back on track. The total time along this critical path is also the minimum time in which the whole project can be completed. Some branches on the CPA may have FLOAT, which means that there is some spare time available...
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...In “A Worn Path”, Eudora Welty uses a narrator as a non-participating character to reveal hidden characteristics of the protagonist, Phoenix Jackson, in order to convey the theme of perseverance and unconditional love to the reader. The narrator impartially suggests that Phoenix is an “old negro woman” with “eyes blue with age”. Although these characteristics are basic, they blossom into complex traits of the protagonist that shadow her astounding tenacity. As the audience, we know Phoenix’s age, since the narrator mentioned her elderliness multiple times. Considering that the narrator objectively shares this information, the reader knows how the difficulties she faced on her trek, from having “to go through a barbed-wire fence” to falling into a ditch “like a little puff of milkweed”, add into a critical characterization of the protagonist that, in the end, alludes to the theme. Despite her elderly age, Phoenix’s refusal to end the...
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...CPA (Critical Path Analysis) and its value on Strategy Implementation Critical Path Analysis (CPA) plays a very important role in the planning and implementation of an operations strategy. Its helps with planning the implementation of the operations strategy and is a mechanism to help manage and control improvements and/or the targets of performance objectives, the alignment of capabilities (changes in layout, machinery etc.) and the resources required underpinning the implementation exercise. The main outcome from CPA and its main value to implementing an operations strategy is that it identifies those tasks which cannot be delayed or take longer than their estimate without impacting the overall project, this being from a time perspective. Such tasks form the basis of the critical path and are the tasks crucial to the success of the implementation exercise. Karaca & Onargan (2007) describe that critical paths are not fixed and as changes and updates are made, a new critical path may emerge. CPA and its Application within an Operational Context Karaca & Onargan (2007) discuss as part of their article on the application of CPA in workflow schema of Marble Processing Plants, a number of benefits emerged upon completion of this exercise. Through the use of CPA network diagrams, the critical path of workflow for the new marble plant resulted in better production capacity and production timing. The study proves CPA can be used in the design of a new marble plant and...
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...========================================================================= * Final Report * ========================================================================= Final Results RTL Top Level Output File Name : shift_register.ngr Top Level Output File Name : shift_register Output Format : NGC Optimization Goal : Speed Keep Hierarchy : NO Design Statistics # IOs : 8 Cell Usage : # BELS : 4 # INV : 1 # LUT3 : 3 # FlipFlops/Latches : 3 # FDC : 3 # Clock Buffers : 1 # BUFGP : 1 # IO Buffers : 7 # IBUF : 4 # OBUF : 3 ========================================================================= Device utilization summary: --------------------------- Selected Device : 2s15cs144-6 Number of Slices: 2 out of 192 1% Number of Slice Flip Flops: 3 out of 384 0% Number of 4 input LUTs: 4 out of 384 1% Number of IOs: 8 Number of bonded IOBs: 8 out of 86 9% Number of GCLKs: 1 out of 4 25% ---------------------------...
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...programming guides, flowcharts and the toolkit VI reference. From LabVIEW, select Help»NI Multisim API Toolkit Help. From Multisim, select Help»Multisim help, and select the Automation API topic. Objectives Create and modify a netlist file from a Multisim circuit file Create and modify a SPICE nutmeg command file Use LabVIEW to build a VI that will execute the SPICE nutmeg command file Display results from the simulation There are multiple use-cases for this type of simulation, especially tailored for advanced SPICE users. Some of them may range from old library of SPICE files that you wish to simulate, make a batch process to run analyses on a directory of files, dynamically modify netlist files or analysis parameters to see differences, and so on. This demo script assumes that the user has working knowledge of LabVIEW and Multisim, and understands the basics of SPICE. Even though the LabVIEW code in this tutorial looks simple, it is in fact intended for advanced users that are comfortable working with SPICE netlist and analyses. Page 1 Requirements NI Multisim 13.0 or higher (Power Pro or Education Editions) LabVIEW Multisim API...
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...What represents the root partition in Linux? / 4. The utility that can be used to copy a file, including text and executable program (binary) files is _cp_. 5. Which Linux utility is used to rename a file? mv 6. Which command displays the last 10 lines of the file abc? tail 7. Which Linux utility is used to view a file one screen at a time? Less 8. Which Linux utility is used to move a file from one directory to another? mv 9. Which Linux utility is used to search for a particular string within a file or a group of files? grap 10. Which Linux utility lists the names of files in a single directory? LS 11. Which Linux utility do you use to make your home directory the working directory? CD 12. An absolute path name always starts with a /, which is the home directory of the user. False 13. Which of the following commands do you use to ensure that all the users on a computer can execute a particular script? Chmod 14. Which Linux utility is used to display the pathname of a current working directory? PWD 15. Which symbol instructs the shell to redirect the output of a command to the specified file instead of the screen and overwrite the file? > Greater than 16. Which Linux utility do you use to move a process from the background to the foreground? FG 17. Which operator causes the output to be appended to an existing file? >> 18. Following the job number, the shell displays the _PID_ number—a larger number assigned...
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...UEFI Shell Specification September 25, 2008 Revision 2.0 The material contained herein is not a license, either expressly or impliedly, to any intellectual property owned or controlled by any of the authors or developers of this material or to any contribution thereto. The material contained herein is provided on an "AS IS" basis and, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, this information is provided AS IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS, and the authors and developers of this material hereby disclaim all other warranties and conditions, either express, implied or statutory, including, but not limited to, any (if any) implied warranties, duties or conditions of merchantability, of fitness for a particular purpose, of accuracy or completeness of responses, of results, of workmanlike effort, of lack of viruses and of lack of negligence, all with regard to this material and any contribution thereto. Designers must not rely on the absence or characteristics of any features or instructions marked "reserved" or "undefined." The Unified EFI Forum, Inc. reserves any features or instructions so marked for future definition and shall have no responsibility whatsoever for conflicts or incompatibilities arising from future changes to them. ALSO, THERE IS NO WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, QUIET POSSESSION, CORRESPONDENCE TO DESCRIPTION OR NON-INFRINGEMENT WITH REGARD TO THE SPECIFICATION AND ANY CONTRIBUTION THERETO. IN NO EVENT WILL ANY AUTHOR OR DEVELOPER OF THIS...
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...often our own worst enemies. The Chinese philosopher and military tactician Sun Tzu likened the successful soldier to water. "Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing." The brilliance of this idea is not in the likening of life to war, rather in revealing the simple truth that we are a product of our experiences and how we adapt determines our success, along with what path we take. Each hill and valley we encounter provides us with an opportunity to adapt and change, gives us the chance to use our talents within the realms of our potential to evolve our life in new and sometimes unexpected ways. God's plan may be unknown and unfathomable to us as mere mortals, and there is no way we can predict where the road will lead us. We can, however, embrace our role in the game that is life, and welcome the changes that take place. We must do this with a serene state of mind, because life's paths and turns require a clear-headed approach to navigate. In the process, our own individual success is defined and revealed as in an artist who...
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...IOS110 Absolute and Relative Paths Worksheet Answers 1. Create the directory tree outlined below. 2. Use copy con or edit to create the files. 3. After you have created the directory tree, you may wish to record changes to it as you execute the commands. [pic] Step 1: 1. Create the directory tree above 2. Use tree /f to confirm the tree structure is correct. Step 2: Write out the command path statement using absolute and relative paths. Execute the command. Check your work and make corrections to your path as necessary. If you don't know a command or switch use HELP to find the correct syntax. 1. You are in the LIB directory move the file gbush.txt to the BRITN directory and rename it tblair.txt A: move \us\gbush.txt \britn\tblair.txt R: move ..\..\us\gbush.txt ..\..\britn\tblair.txt 2. You are in the PC directory; create a directory listing of the CA directory including subdirectories and files, organized by date and displayed one page at a time. A: dir /p /s /od \ca R: dir /p /s /od ..\.. 3. You are in the CONS directory; display a graphical view of the GOV directory including files A: tree /f \ca\gov R: tree /f ..\gov 4. You are in the GOV directory; delete the BRITN directory. A: rd /s \britn R: rd /s ..\..\britn 5. You are in the CONS directory; create a new file called harper3.txt. A: edit \ca\cons\harper3.txt R:...
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...Lab I – Probability Models When finished fill in the table at the end of this document and email it to your teacher Cards: Use the tab for Cards in the excel file and get the total probability for the various hands All of your inputs are on the yellow cells (a) The first task is to figure how many chances you have for each pick that will result in a successful hand INPUT: columns B/C/D/E/F (b) Then if any of the events (one of the five cards) has 100% chance then you need multiply the one path by five to account for the parallel paths to a successful hand INPUT: column H (c) Finally, if there are more than one way to get the result (example four of a kind can be done with 13 different cards) then you need to add that number too INPUT: column J Note: this step will be more complicated when dealing with royal hands, and multiple runs. (d) Your final probability will be the percentage in the last column in the “prob” row (I’ve formattesd it such that these all fall in rows 7,17,27, etc) Dice: Use the tab for Dice in the excel file and get the probabilities for all the outcomes when tossing three dice Note: this problem has been started with the first result for the outcomes of 3 and 4 The probability also has been simplified to two events (rather that 3) by using the results from lab H for the rolls for dice #2 and #3… see below (also on your excel file) Outcome | theoretical % | total | possible outcomes (die 1 / die 2) | 2 |...
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...that the following files are in the working directory: $ ls intro notesb ref2 section1 section3 section4b notesa ref1 ref3 section2 section4a sentrev Give commands for each of the following, using wildcards to express filenames with as few characters as possible. a. List all files that begin with section. $ ls section* b. List the section1, section2, and section3 files only. $ ls section[1-3] c. List the intro file only. $ ls i* d. List the section1, section3, ref1, and ref3 files. 1. $ ls *[13] 2. Give an example of a command that uses grep a. With both input and output redirected. $ grep \$Id < *.c > id_list Chapter 9 Number 1 Explain the following unexpected result: $ whereis date date: /bin/date ... $ echo $PATH .:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin $ cat > date echo "This is my own version of date." $...
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...NT1430 Final Review 1. Know what a swap partition is used for. a. The swap partition is an independent section of the hard disk used solely for swapping; no other files can reside there. Swap partition is used to turn the hard drive into extra RAM. 2. Know what an architecture is, and which are supported by Fedora. a. 32 and 64 bit b. Fedora CDs and DVDs hold programs compiled to run on a specific processor architecture (class of processors, or CPUs) c. There are several that Fedora supports: i. EM64T/AMD64 ii. A 64 bit distribution allows each process to address more than 4 gigabytes of RAM. iii. I383/i686 (Intel x86) iv. X86_64 (AMD64 and Intel EM64T) v. Mac PowerPC (PPC) 3. Know how the root of the file system is represented. a. The root is represented by a / b. Fedora uses the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) file system structure, which defines the names, locations, and permissions for many file types and directories. c. The two most important elements of FHS compliance are: i. Compatibility with other FHS-compliant systems ii. The ability to mount a /usr/ partition as read-only. This is especially crucial, since /usr/ contains common executables and should not be changed by users. In addition, since /usr/ is mounted as read-only, it should be mountable from the CD-ROM drive or from another machine via a read-only NFS mount. 4. Know what the cp command is used for. a. The Linux cp command is usually used to copy files and copy directory in Linux...
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...Week 4 Individual Assignment 11.1 (513-518) 3. For the graph in Fig. 11.7, how many paths are there from b to f ? There are 6 paths from b to f: (b, a, c, d, e, f), (b, c, d, e, f), (b, e, f), (b, a, c, d, e, g, f), (b, c, d, e, g, f), and (b, e, g, f) 11. Let G be a graph that satisfies the condition in Exercise 10. a) Must G be loop-free? b) Could G be a multigraph? c) If G has n vertices, can we determine how many edges it has? a) Yes, G must be loop-free because an edge is a bridge only if that edge is not contained in any cycles. A loop is a cycle. b) Yes, G can be a multi-graph. For example, the multi-graph in Figure 11.6 (pg. 518) becomes disconnected if we remove edge (c, e). This would leave two components of (a, b, c) and (d, e). c) Yes, G would have n – 1 edges for n vertices; the same vertex closes a graph and there is always a vertex at the start and end, which means there is one more vertex than an edge. 11.2 (520-528) 4. If G = (V, E) is an undirected graph, how many spanning subgraphs of G are also induced subgraphs? The undirected graph G = (V, E) has 2|E| spanning subgraphs, one for each subset of the edge set, and 2|V| induced subgraphs, one for each subset of the vertex set. 11.3 (530-537) 5. Let G1 = (V1, E1) and G2 = (V2, E2) be the loop-free undirected connected graphs in Fig. 11.42. a) Determine |V1|, |E1|, |V2|, and |E2|. Counting the vertices and edges in both graphs: |V1| = |V2| = 8 |E1| = |E2| = 14 11.4...
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...Oracle Backup There are two type of back • Cold backup (Offline) • Hot Backup (Export) Cold backup Procedure Setup 1. Copy backup from Source Check the Oracle version & Path Open Comd Prompt and typecomd Tnsping [database_name] Then type Sqlplus Type username /password @ DB name as sysdba Check the How many DB install on system Click on Start Button and type services.msc and press enter this screen display Press O and search Oracleservice[DB name] Stop the service Now press the stop button on the left side Now go to your Oracle home directory and open it . Go to DB directory and Copy the Folder and past to the backup path After finish the copy then start service of “Orlaceservice[DB Name] Your cold/hard back Complete. Restore the Backup (On Same Version and installation Path) Step 2. Create New DB Click Start Button and type dbca and press next Select Create Database and Press Next Select General Purpose and Press Next Type Globaldatabase and SID and Press Next Uncheck Configure the database with Enterprise Manager Enter the Password for Sys and System and press Next Select File System and Press Next Select Use Common Location for all database and click Browser Select the Path and Press Ok and then Next Uncheck Specify Flash Recovery Area Press next on simple Schemas Press Next Press Finish Press Ok Press Finish Database Creation...
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...When looking at two articles there are similarities between the two pieces. Now you are wondering how that is possible. Their can be a similarity in themes that both articles have. For example, “Putin from Oligarch to Kleptocrat” and “down the path of obsession” has a theme in common. That theme that ties the two aritcles together would be obsession as the general idea. Obsession comes in different forms or styles that everyday life we see them and, including the past we saw. “Putin from Oligarch to Kleptocrat” starts off with the telling of a soldier that was secretly destroying documents when the Berlin wall was about to fall. That KGB officer was Vladimir Putin at the time that later became president of Russia. Later on, Putin had promised...
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