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==Personal Info==<br />
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Elias Kehr is a Math major in the MSCS REU program. His research focus is on applications of game theory to security.<br />
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==Milestones & Goals==<br />
===Week 1===<br />
*Review past projects done in this area by Rutgers students<br />
*Meet with mentor on Tuesday and Thursday<br />
*Attend talk on Thursday regarding good research practices<br />
*Post milestones and goals to REU Wiki<br />
*Write accomplishments in REU Wiki<br />
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===Week 2===<br />
*Travel to Winona State University for a Command, Control, and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis (CCICADA)-sponsored workshop on Game Theory and Security<br />
*Work all day every day for six days in the workshop; determine<br />
**Specific topic for REU<br />
**Scope of topic, as well as possible directions of research<br />
**Think of expansion into an education module<br />
*Create a presentation for the end of the workshop<br />
*Write experiences in the REU Wiki<br />
*Meet with mentor all week<br />
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===Week 3===<br />
*Attend talk on presentations and papers on Tuesday<br />
*Meet with mentor on Tuesday and Thursday<br />
*Begin researching background information<br />
**Game theory<br />
**Utility Theory<br />
**Environmental facts<br />
**International relations<br />
**Previous work done in these areas<br />
*Make list of viable resources<br />
*Write up accomplishments in REU Wiki<br />
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===Week 4===<br />
*Meet with mentor Tuesday and Thursday<br />
*Complete list of quality resources<br />
*Continue background research<br />
*Outline for next week’s presentation to mentor by Thursday—discuss on that day<br />
*Write up accomplishments in REU Wiki<br />
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===Week 5===<br />
*Attend and present at mini presentations on Tuesday<br />
*Meet with mentor on Tuesday<br />
*Start writing up background information<br />
*Begin creating utility functions and testing them<br />
*Write up accomplishments in REU Wiki<br />
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===Week 6===<br />
*Attend talk on Tuesday regarding poster creation<br />
*Vacation day on July 4th<br />
*Continue with write up, research, and education module<br />
*Meet with mentor on Tuesday<br />
*Write up accomplishments in REU Wiki<br />
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===Week 7===<br />
*Continue refining utility functions, recording changes made<br />
**Test using previous data<br />
**Should have working utility function by the end of the week<br />
*Meet with mentor Tuesday and Thursday<br />
*Write up accomplishments in REU Wiki<br />
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===Week 8===<br />
*Use utility function to run analysis<br />
**Do various tests<br />
**Record results<br />
*Have draft of poster (very drafty is fine) by Thursday<br />
*Continue with write up of paper<br />
*Outline for remainder of paper<br />
*Meet with mentor Tuesday and Thursday<br />
*Write up accomplishments in REU Wiki<br />
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===Week 9 ''(mentor out of state)''===<br />
*Proposed poster in electronic form emailed to mentor by Monday at noon; response back from mentor no later than 6 PM Monday<br />
*Final version of poster due Wednesday—email electronic copy (pdf form is good) to Dennis<br />
*Outline for final talk emailed to mentor by Friday; response back from mentor no later than Saturday evening<br />
*Contact Mentor about any concerns<br />
*Write up accomplishments in REU Wiki<br />
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===Week 10===<br />
*Slides for final talk emailed to mentor by Tuesday 6 PM (they may not be completely done yet, but should be getting close)<br />
*Meet with mentor on Tuesday<br />
*Poster session on Tuesday<br />
*Redo and/or complete slides for Thursday’s talk<br />
*Draft of paper to mentor on Wednesday<br />
*Final form of paper emailed to mentor and Dennis by 11:59 PM Friday<br />
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==Work Log==<br />
===Week 1, ''So it begins''===<br />
====Tuesday, May 29====<br />
*Orientation<br />
====Wednesday, May 30====<br />
*Intro to Raynor Library and the resources within<br />
*Read three papers that applied game theory and graph theory to real-life situations<br />
*Discussed aforementioned articles with Matthias<br />
====Thursday, May 31====<br />
*Reviewed the papers in the morning<br />
*Lunch meeting on good research practices<br />
*Met with Dr. Factor<br />
**Summarized articles<br />
**Made plans for the weekend<br />
===Week 2, ''Minnesotans, eh?''===<br />
====Sunday, June 3====<br />
*Drove to CCICADA Reconnect conference at Winona State<br />
*Attended a meet & greet dinner with colleagues<br />
====Monday, June 4====<br />
*Attended a series of lectures on Game Theory<br />
*Completed homework<br />
**Attempted to solve each homework problem<br />
**Prepared to present our findings the next day<br />
*Ate dinner with the vice president of Winona State<br />
[[File:TheFace.jpg|thumb|a trolley tour of Winona]]<br />
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====Tuesday, June 5====<br />
*Reviewed homework in the morning (''presented and threw-down'')<br />
*Participated in lectures on diverse topics<br />
**Different equilibrium<br />
**Sequential games<br />
*Worked on homework<br />
*Took trolley tour of Winona, MN<br />
[[File:TheCruise.jpg|thumb|in a garden before the cruise]]<br />
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====Wednesday, June 6====<br />
*Checked homework in the morning<br />
*Listened to lectures in the morning and afternoon<br />
**On practical applications of game theory<br />
**On auctions (with a focus on statistical analysis)<br />
*chose research topic with Matthias<br />
**Elias: progression of policies<br />
**Matthias: a community's motivation to limit their consumption of natural resources<br />
*Went on a river cruise in the evening<br />
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====Thursday, June 7====<br />
*Reviewed homework from the previous night<br />
*Attended a few lectures, which covered:<br />
**Economic games - duopolies, monetary policy (speaker: Midge Cozzens)<br />
**More auction games (game theory) (speaker: Aaron Jaggard)<br />
**The internet (speaker: Aaron Jaggard)<br />
*Worked on research<br />
*Narrowed research topic with Matthias<br />
*Discussed research topic with Dr. Factor<br />
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====Friday, June 8====<br />
*Paid-attention to morning lectures on the history and projects from The Department of Homeland Security (speaker: Vicki M. Bier) <br />
*During lunch, talked with Dr. Kim Factor about research - exceedingly encouraging and helpful!<br />
**finalized PowerPoint presentation for Saturday morning<br />
**wrote an outline and agenda document, which depicts particular aspects of my upcoming research <br />
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====Saturday, June 9====<br />
*Listened to four groups present their possible topics for creating modules and targeting research<br />
*Presented with Matthias to faculty members about Game Theory and an application to modify environmental concern<br />
*Rode back to Marquette; Dr. Kim Factor drove - Muchas gracias, Kim!<br />
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===Week 3, ''Hitting the Books''===<br />
====Monday, June 11====<br />
*Went to Raynor Library<br />
**Picked up forms for authorization to check out books<br />
**Compiled a list of potential good sources to read once said authorization goes through<br />
**Found an electronic source to begin reading<br />
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====Tuesday, June 12====<br />
*Set up Marquette wireless accounts<br />
*Met with Dr. Kim Factor and Matthias to discuss milestones and goals<br />
*Finished forms for checking out books<br />
*Attended a talk on good presentation and writing skills<br />
*Updated milestones & goals<br />
*Began reading the book on mathematical challenges for sustainability issues<br />
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====Wednesday, June 13====<br />
*Exiled self to library for the entire day<br />
**Amassed a large pile of books to read<br />
**Finished the sustainability book<br />
**Began reading Game Theory: A non-technical introduction<br />
**Passed resolution to call Memorial Library "the crypt" because:<br />
***It is dreary<br />
***It is as silent as the grave<br />
**Checked out some books for overnight reading<br />
**Passed another resolution to learn to read faster<br />
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====Thursday, June 14====<br />
*Woke early and biked to the bluffs above the beach to read about game theory<br />
*Attended working lunch<br />
*Read more about game theory and utility functions<br />
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====Friday, June 15====<br />
*More reading<br />
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===Week 4, ''Changing topics''===<br />
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====Monday, June 18====<br />
*Returned to The Crypt to get more sources<br />
*Contacted Elisabeth Kemajou about obtaining more sources<br />
*Read more<br />
**Began exploring online sources further<br />
**Searched for previous work on my topic<br />
**Spent a long time trying to find free copies of articles<br />
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====Tuesday, June 19====<br />
*Received sources from Elisabeth in the morning<br />
*Read more on previous work in the field<br />
**Finally found some free copies<br />
**Realized my topic had already been explored beyond what I could do<br />
*Met with Dr. Kim Factor and Matthias around midday<br />
**Discussed finding sources<br />
**Talked about next week's presentations<br />
**Discussed a topic change<br />
*Decided to change my research focus to whether consumers should buy gas, electric, or hybrid vehicles<br />
*Began scouting online sources for information<br />
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====Wednesday, June 20====<br />
*Attended a TeX tutorial led by Dr. Corliss in the morning<br />
*Spent the rest of the day trying to find previous work around my research topic<br />
**I was focused on game theoretic analysis<br />
**There has not been any (that I could find)<br />
*Began outlining what a payoff matrix might look like, who players might be, and factors that would affect utility<br />
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====Thursday, June 21====<br />
*Continued outlining what my game might look like<br />
*Met with Dr. Kim Factor<br />
**Further discussed my changed topic<br />
**Received advice for Tuesday's presentations<br />
**Learned more about critiquing that will be happening on Tuesday<br />
**Decided outline of talk should be due by the end of the day<br />
*Had a working lunch<br />
**Went over presentation expectations for next week<br />
**Listened to a talk on (1, 2)-step domination graphs and the food chain given by Dr. Kim Factor<br />
*Looked for sources to figure out who should be my second player<br />
*Created outline for presentation<br />
<br />
====Friday, June 22====<br />
*Began to organize further for presentation next week<br />
*Downloaded some of the LaTeX materials<br />
*Read resources looking for quotes or what I might like to reference<br />
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===Week 5, ''Talk the Talk''===<br />
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====Monday, June 25====<br />
*Downloaded the rest of the LaTeX materials<br />
**Looked at multiple internet tutorials<br />
**Downloaded Texmaker and Texstudio<br />
*Tinkered with aforementioned materials (never got them to work)<br />
*Created powerpoint presentation for informal talk<br />
*Worked a bit with Matthias to make sure our background information would cover all we needed to say<br />
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====Tuesday, June 26====<br />
*Woke up early to put finishing touches on powerpoint<br />
*Printed out slides and made speaking notes<br />
*Rehearsed talk in my head (and under my breath)<br />
*Participated in informal talks<br />
**Gave my own 9-minute talk<br />
**Critiqued others' talks<br />
**Ate potbelly<br />
*Met with Kim to make plans for the next week<br />
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====Wednesday, June 27====<br />
*Searched for previous research using game theory to similar applications<br />
**Not applications to car production necessarily<br />
**Applications related to supply demand<br />
*Searched for consumer preferences in cars and tax information<br />
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====Thursday, June 28====<br />
*Watched some online lectures on applications of game theory<br />
*Searched and read about consumer preferences of cars<br />
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====Friday, June 29====<br />
*More of the same<br />
**Searching for preferences<br />
**Trying to find previous work in the field (some interesting utility information)<br />
**Tinkered with LaTeX a little bit (and got nothing done with it)<br />
*Attended a talk on domain-specific languages<br />
**Brief reception<br />
**Actual talk<br />
**Discussion in the lounge afterward<br />
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===Week 6, ''Utility Week''===<br />
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====Monday, July 2====<br />
*Again, about the same stuff<br />
*Began whittling down which utilities I will focus on<br />
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====Tuesday, July 3====<br />
*Returned to the crypt<br />
**Looked for sources again<br />
**Continued to prioritize different aspects of utility<br />
*Attended afternoon talk on good posters<br />
*Picked out least favorite poster on the third floor<br />
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====Wednesday, July 4====<br />
*Most of the day off<br />
*Worked some in the evening on prioritizing utility and looking for surveys<br />
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====Thursday, July 5====<br />
*Finalized prioritization<br />
*Continued looking for resources on consumer preferences<br />
*Attended working lunch<br />
*Met with Dr. Kim Factor and made goals for next Tuesday<br />
**Example utility function<br />
**Write introduction to topic<br />
**Create bibliography of resources used<br />
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====Friday, July 6====<br />
*Messed around with TeXmaker and TeXstudio again for a while<br />
**Had DW and Teddy help me attempt to resolve my issue<br />
**Decided it was not worth the bother<br />
*Downloaded LyX instead (took a ''long'' time to install)<br />
*Started writing introduction to my topic<br />
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===Week 7===<br />
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====Monday, July 9====<br />
*Went through full LyX introduction and tutorial<br />
*Began formatting my paper in LyX<br />
**Created reference list<br />
**Came up with utility function<br />
**Continued work on the introduction to my topic<br />
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====Tuesday, July 10====<br />
*Finished up with introduction and the like<br />
*Prepared for meeting with Kim<br />
*Met with Kim; prepared a list of goals for next time<br />
**Do an introduction for game theory<br />
**Create an abstract<br />
**Make ranges for utility function<br />
*Worked on introduction near the end<br />
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====Wednesday, July 11====<br />
*Worked on aforementioned goals<br />
*Went to the library briefly<br />
*Searched for some more resources to put actual values to utilities<br />
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====Thursday, July 12====<br />
*Finished up introductions and ranges<br />
**Ran into issue with citation<br />
**Decided to delete in-text citation (for now)<br />
*Had working lunch<br />
**Listen to talk given by Dennis Brylow<br />
**Ate meal catered by Panera<br />
*Met with Kim and made new goals<br />
**Update payoff matrix<br />
**Figure out graphics in LaTeX/LyX<br />
**Have an actual test case for the utility function<br />
*Tried to figure out citations<br />
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====Friday, July 13====<br />
*Started working with graphics in LyX<br />
*Decided to use tables for payoff matrices<br />
**This was a bad decision made for simplicity<br />
**I am going to use graphics that actually look nice<br />
*Worked on coming up with final payoff matrix<br />
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===Week 8===<br />
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====Monday, July 16====<br />
*Thought more about final payoff matrix<br />
*Began writing a java program to maximize profit</div>Ekehr