Lecture 6; Math 636

LEFTOVERS

m^(2/3) vs k*m+b

Lilliput

Fechner/Weber/Stevens

percent changes = df/f = d(log(f))

pair comparisons, AHP;

see Thinking with models : mathematical models in the physical, biological, and social sciences by Thomas L. Saaty and Joyce M. Alexander; Pergamon Press, 1981

Homework grades

Shuffle homework partners?

THREADS

Postings on the project threads can count alternative homework problems.

Summaries of colloquia do not belong here.

Thoughts on postings so far?

NEW

Seeing a function in a situation (e.g. Fechner)

Comparative statics

Modeling with a function

mutually assured destruction (MAD)

extinction / migration

supply / demand

marginal revenue / marginal cost

utility