This course will examine a number of concepts, tools and methods useful in the search for
optimal solutions to a variety of problems, in the resolution of conflicts, and in the
discernment of patterns or trends in raw data. Among the topics to be considered are routing
problems, shortest networks and scheduling; the mathematics of voting and methods of
apportionment; linear, exponential and logistic growth, chaos and symmetry; basic statistics:
collection and description of data, and margin of error. Applications to fields like
economics and political science will be emphasized, but the level throughout will be
elementary.
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