Modeling Project

• The modeling project is optional and to take it you must register.
• It counts for 25% of the final grade whether you take it or not.
• In the project you will work on a modeling problem in a group of 4-5 students over a period of 3 weeks.

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• We will have groups of 5 students. You may either register a group of 3 or 4 persons, or you may register 1 person without a group.
• Persons without any group will be added to existing groups to form 5 person groups or new groups will be formed.

• Register here. Registration closed as of October 7th.

• Problems
• Slides

• Modeling groups

• The group can exclude anyone not doing their fair share.

1. A written note/report 5-10 pages long.
   • Send me (Espen) the report in PDF-format by email.
   • Name the report: ReportG??.pdf where ?? is replaced by group number.
     
     
2. A 6 minutes presentation in front of class (make 4-5 slides)
   
   • Email the slides (PDF) to me (Espen) at least 1 hour before the presentations starts.
   • Name the file: SlidesG??.pdf where ?? is replaced by group number.

• Do not use names or candidate numbers! Only group numbers and student numbers of its members.

• Manage your time:
  • Expected total time per person: About 3x12=36 hours.
  • Try to plan, focus, and limit the work so that you get some results in the expected time without using many extra hours.
  • Imagine you work in a company and the group is given 3 weeks and 36 hours per member to finish the project (some results, report, presentation). Do your best with these constaints.
• Focus - at least to begin with. You are not expected to work on all the questions/projects.
• You can present partial answers and results.
• Try and fail is ok as long as you do not cover up.
• You may discuss across the groups, but reports and presentations must be made independently.
• You may use any literature you find, but you must give references to the source!
• Do not copy from any source without understanding the material first!

More information (in Norwegian): Guidelines from 2009

• Do not use too much time during your presentation.
• Language: Norwegian or English
• Vote for best presentation: Anonymous, one vote per group, can not vote for your own group.
  Counts positively towards the grade.
  • Results: 3 votes: Group 9; 2 votes: Groups 1, 3, 5; 1 vote: Groups 6, 8

• The grades are now available, see table below.
• Comments can be found here.