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This Little Flower Went to Market (1995 Video)

Producer

David Saunders

Subject

Agriculture; Mathematics

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A case study of mathematical methods that could be used by flower growers and sellers to facilitate the transport of cut flowers. Looks at three problems: the knapsack problem, where a particular mode of...

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Diagonalizing Symmetric Matrices (1978 Video)

Director

Robin Wilson

Producer

David Saunders

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Matrices can be tedious to work with, and as the size of the matrix increases the number of entries increases even faster. However, if the matrix represents a linear transformation then it may be possible to...

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Ticket to Fly (1989 Video)

Producer

David Saunders

Subject

Information technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Compares two computer systems used by British Airways - the reservation system and the fares system. The BR reservation system (BABS) is designed for a high-speed response to both enquiries and updates, and...

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Modelling Pollution (1978 Video)

Producer

David Saunders; Martin Wright

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1994 sale: £60.00 (+VAT +p&p) combined with three other programmes from the course on a single cassette.

In 1950 much of the River Thames was dead, being totally devoid of oxygen, the oxygen being used up in the process of decay in the sewage. But the river authorities used a mathematical model to predict the...

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Sequences (1990 Video)

Producer

David Saunders

Subject

Information technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Discusses ways in which a sequence of items can be stored in a computer. One is to use a data structure such as an array, and to sort the elements. This is acceptable for sequences which do not change very...

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Care of the Dying (2 Parts) (1986 Video)

aka: Dying at Home

Director

David Sharpe

Producer

Ted Poulter

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 2 x 20 min.

2: Defines the concept of ‘total pain’ and describes its component parts. Where analgesics are indicated, the secret of success is to administer the right drug at the right dose, at the right time and...

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