D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etc
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcI did too! But if you use the laelling procedure... literally pretend this is a completely different flow, just follow the arrows. If there is capacity in one direction (be it the opposite to the forward) go there if you need to! then compare this direction to the original, and see if you need to add or subtract the augmentation value(Original post by JordanS94)
Got 69/75 on the mock paper ... It almost killed me since my printer has no ink so I had to draw everything by hand and as well as not realising there was a table for they dynamic programming ... so I made it up
I have one question about the mark scheme for the simplex method on the mock exam... Is it wrong? I took off 2 accuracy marks from the 9 because I got the profit values wrong in the x and u columns and I have no idea where they have come from
It's probably just me but I am curious 
And can someone gimme some tips on network flows please I keep doing my back flows wrong
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcyup for simplex(Original post by Zhy)
Just need to start learning simplex and the last bit of game theory now (the part that requires simplex). Doable in 1 day? not sure for the game theory with simplex though ... just because I haven't learnt it since my teacher didn't even mention it to us ¬¬ But I am guessing yes because simplex and game theory are pretty simple
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcI do that but I keep going wrong(Original post by anuradha_d)
I did too! But if you use the laelling procedure... literally pretend this is a completely different flow, just follow the arrows. If there is capacity in one direction (be it the opposite to the forward) go there if you need to! then compare this direction to the original, and see if you need to add or subtract the augmentation value
Must be me being stupid
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcHigh 5(Original post by anuradha_d)
I'm the QUEEN of stupid. I bet you couldn't beat my mistake in my C1 exam 
x+2x =6x ... I don't even know how anyone can go so wrong it'd be normal if it was 1 off but double the answer .. :L
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcOne day to do 10 D2 papers and 16 M2 papers. It's looking bleak(Original post by anuradha_d)
Easssyyy if i can, you can :P
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcI would bring up all my silly mistakes, but it would take a year.(Original post by JordanS94)
High 5 I bet you couldn't beat my mistake in my C1 exam x+2x =6x ... I don't even know how anyone can go so wrong it'd be normal if it was 1 off but double the answer .. :L
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcNot necesarily. You just shade out all the graph greater than each of the inequalities, and the highest point which is in the range is your p,v(Original post by Zhy)
On June 2011 Q4, why have they done -3 + 6p = p? I thought you had to go 'bottom up' like it says in the textbook, which is the lowest intersection point...?
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcI'm confused what you mean, sorry... what inequalities? Could you explain the example on page 151 of the D2 textbook, by any chance?(Original post by anuradha_d)
Not necesarily. You just shade out all the graph greater than each of the inequalities, and the highest point which is in the range is your p,v
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcOkay(Original post by Zhy)
I'm confused what you mean, sorry... what inequalities? Could you explain the example on page 151 of the D2 textbook, by any chance?
so here you have 3 lines right? you shade the reigion whic is greater than each of these equations. You should only be left with all the stuff under each eqaution... so a region like a irregular pentagon. So you have the base, then a line on the left, going up with the equation 6q-7 with another line, and then the top line of the pentagon using q-4, and next side of the pentagon is the 1-5q and then another line straight down where p=1. You need to choose the vertex of this shape which has the higest V value... can you see it? Basically, the highest V value in the feasable region...
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcThanks, I think I get it now!(Original post by anuradha_d)
Okay so here you have 3 lines right? you shade the reigion whic is greater than each of these equations. You should only be left with all the stuff under each eqaution... so a region like a irregular pentagon. So you have the base, then a line on the left, going up with the equation 6q-7 with another line, and then the top line of the pentagon using q-4, and next side of the pentagon is the 1-5q and then another line straight down where p=1. You need to choose the vertex of this shape which has the higest V value... can you see it? Basically, the highest V value in the feasable region...
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcAre you sure you get it? It took some time for me to understand what i wrote myself :P(Original post by Zhy)
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcNo it makes complete sense, the reasoning you gave works with all their other examples too! Thanks, you have saved me.(Original post by anuradha_d)
Are you sure you get it? It took some time for me to understand what i wrote myself :P
By the way, do you think the dynamic programming questions are a bit hard? For me I just see if I can spot the patterns in the table and work my way down... -
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcI prefer it if they start us off!! Then i do what you do! I dont mind doing it from a table if its not majorrly complicated. I prefer it when they give us graphs/networks to work with!(Original post by Zhy)
No it makes complete sense, the reasoning you gave works with all their other examples too! Thanks, you have saved me.
By the way, do you think the dynamic programming questions are a bit hard? For me I just see if I can spot the patterns in the table and work my way down...
And no worrieeess!
Ps. I have a feeling minimax/maximin will come up.... -
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcYeah I hate it when they just give you a blank table, makes it a lot harder... just hoping the boundaries aren't stupidly high. Initially I thought this would be an easy 90+ module but now it doesn't look as simple as D1...(Original post by anuradha_d)
I prefer it if they start us off!! Then i do what you do! I dont mind doing it from a table if its not majorrly complicated. I prefer it when they give us graphs/networks to work with!
And no worrieeess!
Ps. I have a feeling minimax/maximin will come up....
How many past papers are you doing? I've done most of June 2009-2011, skipping one game theory question (requires simplex), and all the simplex questions (don't know how to do them yet
)... do the questions show much variety or do you think just doing a few will be enough?
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcI used to think D1 was way easier, ive changed my mind now, D2 is aiite (i dont actually talk like that)(Original post by Zhy)
Yeah I hate it when they just give you a blank table, makes it a lot harder... just hoping the boundaries aren't stupidly high. Initially I thought this would be an easy 90+ module but now it doesn't look as simple as D1...
How many past papers are you doing? I've done most of June 2009-2011, skipping one game theory question (requires simplex), and all the simplex questions (don't know how to do them yet )... do the questions show much variety or do you think just doing a few will be enough?
Ive done all of the new spec papers (09 onwards) and got 70+ in all... but only just :P tbh i didnt even know D2 till Saturday, so if i can do it, i'm sure you can.
Just go through the example qs in the textbook... they cover pretty much everything.
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Re: D2 Pre-Exam Thread - Past Papers, Mark schemes etcWill someone explain to me why they added the 'U' and what it actually stands for in the the game theory come simplex question from the June 2006 Q7 please? Thanks
Also, are there any more of this type of question?
x+2x =6x ... I don't even know how anyone can go so wrong 
)... do the questions show much variety or do you think just doing a few will be enough?
