The Syllabus: for staying alive and keeping it lively

Decision Analysis Multi-Attribute Utilities & intangibles Evaluating the Trees ---> The value of perfect information & trusting your gut-feel Sensitivities & identifying critical variables

Quantification Resource usage & sustainability Spreadsheet finances & lifestyle choices Budgets & cash flows Business plans & mathematical models ---> Algebraic tricks for numeracy

Approximate Calculus

Rates of change
Accumulations

Using mathematical tables

Mortality, annuities, & the best kept secret of IRAs
NPV & the value of the bird-in-the-hand
Mortgages, your money or your life
Angles & trajectories

Mathematics of Fairness Project Management & other Charts --->

Statistics

Warrantees & the likelihood of failures
Bayesian probabilities & using what you know
Using the Normal Distribution Table
The cost of maintenance vs breakdown repair
Disproving a negative, the limits of what testing proves
Random walks
Law of large numbers vs the unreliability of standard evaluations

Game Theory

The strategy to win long term games
The theory of ruin or the bankroll to cover the odds in a game with some advantage

Operations Management

Breakeven & Payback periods
Inventory management, re-order points, order quantities, & safety stock

And more to come...

Many of these concepts are illustrated in Token Woman and others will be discussed on TW´s e-studygroup, DA_Net... always in context so you´ll see the forest before worrying about the trees...

In numeracy, as in literacy, learning comes from intrinsic self-motivation... the taste of cherries precedes the desire for an orchard, and knowing which fruit is edible & palatable to you is the key to wellbeing and satisfaction.

Freedom to learn exactly what applies to your situation and venture is just as valid a goal in mathematics as it literature and just as do-able. Trigonometry & Algebra do not define numeracy any more than Beowulf & Chaucer define literacy. Join us as TW begins the fun of exploring operations research with unschoolers, where real learning freedom is practiced. Look for dates/places announcements at DA_Net´s website and chatrooms.

JHRaichyk, PhD

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