Question

Anyone good with discrete?

Answer 1

Specifically augmented matrices

Answer 2

how discrete?

Answer 3

how augmented lol

Answer 4

like discrete/finite math

Answer 5

if you post a question we can help you better, if possible

Answer 6

I tried that and no one responded lol

Answer 7

well, there are a few answerers and alot of questioners soo, what was the question?

Answer 8

:)

Answer 9

your trying to make pretty matrixes in this thing aitncha

Answer 10

I'm trying to find the negative indicator to this matrix:

4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
4 1 3 0 1 0 0 1
2 3 3 0 0 1 0 1

-1 -1 -1 0 0 0 1 0

Answer 11

I think that it is in the first column, but which 4 is it?

Answer 12

gonna have to do some reasearch :) what is a negative indicator?

Answer 13

or rather, how are they determined?

Answer 14

you look at the bottom row to see which number is most negative, if there is a tie then you go to the most left number. then you divide the other numbers in that row by 1, and which ever is the smallest is the indicator

Answer 15

which is the point that you pivot around to make all the other numbers in that column zero

Answer 16

how do you tell which number is most negative?

Answer 17

umm, just which ever number is the smallest

Answer 18

so we have 3 -1s in the bottom row here right?

Answer 19

correct, so then since there is a tie for the most negative you choose the one furthest to the left

Answer 20

dividing the number in the row by 1? or by row1?

Answer 21

sorry you divide 1 by the other numbers in the column that the most negative number is in. so it would be like 1/4, 1/4, and 1/2.

Answer 22

ok.... then what :)

Answer 23

then the smallest of those numbers (1/4, 1/4, and 1/2) is the indicator.
but there isnt one that is the smallest

Answer 24

If you don't understand (because I know I'm not explainging this well) you don't have to helping me, I'm sure I will figure it out :)

Answer 25

im perfer helping by osmosis :) just trying to get the juices flowing so that you can solve something you already know...

Answer 26

so you dont divide the 1 by the -1 do you?

Answer 27

nope, just the numbers above it

Answer 28

does the least number work like it did in the bottom and more up or down?

Answer 29

yes, i think

Answer 30

sounds plausible to me.... should we go up or down :)

Answer 31

is there a deeper question that this negative indicator will answer? or aare we simply trying to locate it for posterity?

Answer 32

Haha yes, there is a much deeper question

Answer 33

keep secrets are ya lol

Answer 34

so what is the overall questionthat needs to be answered :)

Answer 35

In an article on the sociology of conflict, the author proposes a game in which a member of a race visits a country in which some natives are pro-green, some indifferent, and some anti-gree. The green visitor, unable to determine which group a native is from, has three options: act appeasing, except civilty but not fight for for it, and expect civilty and fight for it if he doesnt get it.

Answer 36

Then is give the matrix that I gave at the beginning.

What is the visitor's optimum strategy, and what is the value of the game?

Answer 37

so similar to this material?

http://people.hofstra.edu/stefan_waner/RealWorld/Summary9.html

Answer 38

Yes!

Answer 39

well; you might make better sense of it than me, so i hope it helps :)

Answer 40

Thanks!