file 1.pdf: in slide 7, the term "dynamic programming" was replaced by the term 'dynamic modeling' on 2004 01 08
file 2.pdf: in slide 10, the word "equivalent" was replaced by the word 'equal' on 2004 01 09
file 3.pdf: the variables "i" and "j" were changed to 'j' and 'k' on 2004 01 08; in slide 2, the words "elephants on a savannah" were modified to 'savannah elephants' and a new slide was inserted into position 8 on 2004 01 09; in slide 4, the words "is conditioned on knowledge" were modified to 'conditions probabilities' on 2004 01 12
file 7.pdf: removed two slides that never were presented during session 7 and moved them to file 8.pdf on 2004 01 20
file 8.pdf: a ninth slide was added, but, then, 4 slides that never were shown in class were moved to file 9.pdf, leaving 5 in file 8.pdf, on 2001 01 21; three slides were reinstated (to assist with determining solutions for problem set 3), leaving 8 on 2004 01 29
file 9.pdf: the subscript for n that enumerates intersections in slide 4 was corrected on 2004 01 28
file 13.pdf: corrected the exponent in last equation in slide 3 to '8 / 3' on Groundhog Day 2004
file 14.pdf: the variable A was replaced with the variable S in the title in the second slide on 2004 02 04
file 17.pdf: the last three N(t) values in the data in slide 5 were corrected on 2004 02 13
file 22.pdf: the publication date for the 'Fractal Geometry of Nature' in slide 2 was changed to 1977 on 2004 03 04
file 29.pdf: refined conditions for Over-, Under-dominance cases prior to posting on St. Patrick's Day 2004
file 32.pdf: additional cladistic terms were included in slide 5 and three extra slides were inserted to precede immediately the final slide on 2004 03 26
file proset1.pdf: in question 1, the word "distinguished" was replaced by the word 'distinguish' on 2004 01 12; in question 3, the footnote '*' ('All babies that will considered in this course are born with P(female) = 0.5 = P(0.5).') and parenthetical clause '(assume that each grandparent knows that my sister bore three children)' were added on 2004 01 12; in question 5, the words "then the equation P(j) + P(k) overestimates P(j or k)" were modified to 'then P(j) + P(k) overestimates P(j or k)' on 2004 01 12; the words "independent from each other" were modified to 'mutually exclusive' on 2004 01 14; the words "are nonindependent" were modified to 'could occur jointly' on 2004 01 14; the word "overestimates" was replaced with might overestimate' on 2004 01 14
file proset2.pdf: the convention that uppercase and lowercase letters represent dominant and recessive alleles was added in a parenthetical statement in questions 2 and 3 on 2004 01 19; the first sentence in question 4 was changed from "Consider two-child families in which at least one child exhibits the phenotype for a condition that is known to be encoded by a recessive allele" to 'Consider two-child families in which the parents have been identified as carriers for a condition that is encoded by a recessive allele because at least one child exhibits the phenotype for that condition' and "P(normal, normal) was changed to '1 - P(normal, normal)'on 2004 01 21; the phrase "over the two children - i.e., 1 for the case wherein both exhibit the phenotype and 1 / 2 for cases wherein one child does" was added to the hint on 2004 01 23; the word 'phenotypically' was added parenthetically as a qualifier to "resemble" in question 3 and ", totaled over many such families," was replaced with the phrase 'in these families' and the phrase "over the two children" was deleted on 2004 01 28
file proset4.pdf: the identifiers "Species A" and "Species B" were added on Groundhog Day 2004; the words "the parameters a in a and b " were replaced with 'the parameters a and b' in question 2 on 2004 02 04
file proset5.pdf: the word "the typical M for species B" in the fifth part in the hint were changed to 'the typical M for species A' on 2004 02 09; the word "direction" was corrected to 'direct' in question 2 on 2004 02 10
file proset67.pdf: question 6 was changed from "Please fit to the data exponential equations for N(t) and M(t) for the first 11 and then 17 quarters (that’s 4 equations)" to 'Please fit to the data exponential equations for N(t) and M(t) for the first (11 if you used a power function in Part 1 and then) 17 quarters'; the questions in parts 3 and 4 were changed; and the second question in part 3 was changed from Please calculate and plot N(t) and M(t) from 1979 to 1992 (annually, to minimise keytapping and mouseclicking" to 'Please plot the ‘raw’ data. Then, please calculate and plot N(t) and M(t) from 1979 to 1992 (annually, to minimise keytapping and mouseclicking)' on 2004 02 16
file proset9.pdf: the text was modified to enhance 'readability' on 2004 03 08; the text to question 1 was modified to include the parameter D on 2004 03 12; questions were renumbered to accord with the natural number system on 2004 03 19
file proset11.pdf: the value for q was corrected to 0.5 in question 12 on 2004 03 24; the number 10 for enumerating the "freakish populations" in question was corrected to 9 on 2004 03 24
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