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1. Introduction. In this assignment you are required to develop a Python program to run Conways Game of Lifeon a finiteboard. Here are the definitions (from Wikipedia): 1.1 The Classical Game of Life The Game of Life was invented by British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970. The universe of the Classical Game of Life isan infi …

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(a) What is the purpose of the boostrap approach in general and how can it be applied to phylogenetic trees? Using at least one numeric example, discuss how to interpret bootstrap values. [4 marks] (b) What are the reasons for using progressive alignment in a multi-sequence alignment problem? Give the complexity of the various stages of the proc …

(a) Some VLIW processors exploit fine-grain multithreading and SIMD execution units. (i) What benefits could adding support for fine-grain multithreading to a VLIW processor provide? [4 marks] (ii) Why might a simple round-robin thread schedule be inefficient and how could we improve the schedule? [2 marks] (iii) Assuming the VLIW process …

(a) A simple snoopy coherence protocol requires that bus transactions are broadcast and observed by all processors in the same order. How could a ring interconnect be used to support this protocol? [4 marks] (b) Imagine a multicore processor with private L2 caches and an inclusive L3 or Last-Level Cache (LLC). We wish to reduce the miss rate of …

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1. The Statement of Profit and Loss is also called the* Balance Sheet Income Statement Statement of Cash Flows Statement of Financial Position 2. Which of the following is not a type of cash flows shown in the Cash Flow Statement?* Operating cash flow Investing cash flow Accounting cash flow Financing cash flow 3. …

Section A: Theory and methods Question 1 Source A In the 1990s sociological research suggested that the internet has a negative effect on In 2002 this view was challenged.The researchers Shaw and Gant investigated whether using the internet can have a positive effect on health and well-being. The sample for the study was composed of 4 …

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Answer the following in detail a. Mention the levels of management. b. What is policy? c. Define leadership. d. Define communication. e. What is Controlling ? f. What is unity of command ? g. What is informal organisation? 2. Briefly explain the importance of management. 3. Distinguish between formal and informal organisa …