Consider the design problem in Section 1.4. Suppose the design decision does not completely specify x in (1.4.1), but the designer only knows that if a value x is specified then x [.99 x,1.01 x] . Suppose a uniform distribution for x is assumed initially on this interval. How would the formulation in Section 1.4 be modified to account for information as new parts are produced?

Consider the example in Section 2.7a.

(a) One may feel uncomfortable with the deterministic linear equivalent yielding a non-integer number of seats. Show how to cope with this.

(b) One may also feel uncomfortable with the demands represented by normal distributions. Show that deterministic linear equivalents are also obtained if F P(3) and B P(4) for example.