John Guthrie

General InformationStudents taking this module must carry out an empirical project. This project accounts for 60 % of the final mark. The word count must not exceed 3000 words. The project must be your own work. The main aim of this project is: To gain skill in the use of available specialised software to carry out an empirical project. This include Python, SPSS, R and Eviews. To acquire (improve) research skills including finding relevant literature and data sources. To be able to app...

Stakeholders and their interestsUnited Thermostatic Controls is a publicly owned company that engages in the manufacturing and marketing of residential and commercial thermostats. The thermostats are used to regulate temperature in furnaces and refrigerators. United sells its product primarily to retailers in the domestic market, with the company headquartered in Detroit. Its operations are decentralized according to geographic region. As a publicly owned company, United’s common stoc...

Work Breakdown Structure DevelopmentPrepare a well written planning document which provides all the information requested below to be used in developing the baseline schedule for your project in the near future. This information should provide relatively accurate estimates of the resources and the costs needed to do the project. The report should be written as a professional report addressing the following deliverables. Provide a table with the efforts, durations, reliability estimates, ...

TaskLearning outcomes assessed within this piece of work as agreed at the programme level meeting On successful completion of this module students will be able to 1.Build a mobile application for business purposes using the android platform. 2.Apply understanding of mobile user experience UX and implementation of accessibility features. 3.Identify properties and capabilities of modern mobile devices and the specific issues relating to software development for them. 4.Demonstrate cross ...

Question 1Question 1Your firm is looking at cost-savings exercises across all areas. Your head of compliance suggests that the compliance department staff levels can be reduced by cutting down on the number of compliance staff involved in the various compliance investigations. You however believe that the staff are working at full capacity and any reduction in numbers will have adverse outcomes. a) What type of analysis will you implement and why?b) What method(s) of analysis will...

Renting Vs. Buying a CondoA Good Friend is going to live in a building where there are Condo’s available for Sale or for Rent.  Same apartment, floor, building, features & benefits. Your mutual friend asks your advice.   The background assumptions are listed below.  You can answer this question any way that you feel will be helpful to your friend – either with a specific numerical rationale, or with conceptual responses in case they (or perhaps y...

Background and IntroductionBackground and Introduction You have dreamed about becoming an IT professional and entrepreneur since birth, however, you want to be prudent and have a backup plan; you intend to start a business with a couple of fellow classmates. Not just any business … you want to build a cookie empire!  You will use an old family recipe that has been handed down for generations in your family to start a business. You can’t share the recipe with me (I know it&...

Problem StatementThis assignment involves an extension to the single source - single destination shortest path problem. 1. Open the text file "ass3.txt". (Note: "ass3.txt" should be a hardcoded as a constant.) 2. Read a graph from the file. 3. Find the shortest path between the start and goal vertices specified in the file. 4. Print out the vertices on the path, in order from start to goal. 5. Print out the length of this path and the total number of vertices visited. 6. D...

General Discussion Guidelines1. These are my classroom discussion that I do not have time to do  Purpose: This assignment provides you with the opportunity to share problems related to procedural and object-oriented programming using Java. You will practice solving problems using object-oriented techniques.   2. This assignment can also help you to meet core learning outcomes, including professional readiness and written communication. Directions: General Discussion ...

Preparatory TaskFor this assignment, you select and review a recently implemented and reported spatial planning and design project Aim is to critically review the work flow and the application of geospatial technologies in the project with the help of Geodesign theory. This should help you to demonstrate your grasp of Geodesign theory and, in the future, apply it to help organise the work flow and the application of geospatial technologies in a planning and design project relevant to your fie...