Explores dependable architectures, error detection, fault-tolerant structures, and software reliability through examples like the Patriot Missile failure and ABB dual controller.
Explores Finite State Machines (FSMs) in digital system design, covering Mealy and Moore FSMs, state diagrams, VHDL implementation, and state encoding.
Covers the implementation and verification of encoder and decoder for prefix-free codes, including classes and types, lemmas on trees, and the main theorem.
Covers the Hedonic Pricing Method for assessing implicit prices of goods and introduces the Contingent Valuation Method for estimating environmental goods' value.