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CSEF · 2003

Trapezoidal or Midpoint

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to find out if the trapezoidal approximation or the midpoint approximation gives a more accurate result for the area under the curve. I hyp…

CSEF · 2002

A Computer Model of Human Perception

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to write a computer program that would be able to solve a simple letter analogy based on human perception. For example, if the program was given…

CSEF · 2002

Artificial Intelligence in a Nutshell

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals Natural Language Processing is the study of the interpretation and understanding of human speech. A successful project in this field would be able to consume simple or compl…

CSEF · 2002

Balancing Chemical Equations

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals Can an Algorith be created to efficiently balance a chemical equation? My objective is to create an algorith capable of accepting input, in the form of a chemical equation,…

CSEF · 2002

Behind the HyperText Markup Language

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals My goal was to learn a computer language. I selected the language HTML, which is used to create web pages. I tried to create two series of documents using this language. The…

CSEF · 2002

Bob's World

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals There are many different objectives for Bob#s World, though they are all based on evolution. The first objective is to see how the effects of Genetic Drift change with the p…

CSEF · 2002

Can a Robot be Taught?

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals My project covers robotics, programming and Artificial Intelligence. The amount of applications on a subject like this is unbelievable. My project specifically illustrates t…

CSEF · 2002

Can People Choose Truly Random Numbers?

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals The researcher attempted to determine if people could choose truly random numbers. Methods/Materials Via e-mail, the young investigator contacted people throughout the world…

CSEF · 2002

C vs C++

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals My project#s objective was to determine the speed of C compared to C++ (programming languages). I thought that C++ would be faster, because it was written more recently. Met…

CSEF · 2002

Energy Enigma

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine an optimal location for a gas-powered electrical power plant to help meet the energy shortfall in southern CA by building a mathematical model…

CSEF · 2002

Exploring Binary Sequences

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals My first intention on the goal of this project was to find something new, like an invention to innovate this society. I had no trouble starting with a topic, since my head i…

CSEF · 2002

How Accurate Is the Bell Curve?

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if the use of a Gaussian probability device actually follows a repeatable, predictable model of a bell curve. Methods/Materials I constructed…

CSEF · 2002

Law and Order: Benford's and Zipf's Laws

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to test Benford#s Law and Zipf#s Law, two mathematical laws, to see if they actually work. Also, this experiment was to test if certain seemi…

CSEF · 2002

Non-Euclidean Geometry

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals My goal and objective was to understand non-euclidean geometry, understand when people use is and is it legitimate in our world and univers Methods/Materials My materials we…

CSEF · 2002

Pi of Pieces: Unlimited

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals The objective is to derive recursive equations for Pi by estimating the area and circumference of a circle in terms of squares and triangles. Methods/Materials Method: If th…

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