PROBLEM 5 You have to design the system interconnection network of a multicomputer system. Your choices are to use an Omega or a Butterfly network. Your multicomputer system interconnection network has 4096 inputs and 4096 outputs. You have available 4x4 switches. Each switch costs $50.00. However, 4 combined 4x4 switches (for a 16x16 switch) cost $1500.00 each. You can use combined switches in Butterfly networks. Each interconnection line between switches costs $5.00. Which interconnection network configuration are you going to implement if the economic factor is the determining one

The new york times (nov. 30, 1993) reported that “the inability of opec to agree last week to cut production has sent the oil market into turmoil . . [leading to] the lowest price for domestic crude oil since june 1990.” why were the members of opec trying to agree to cut production? so they could save more oil for future consumption so they could lower the price so they could raise the price why do you suppose opec was unable to agree on cutting production? because each country has a different production capacity because each country experiences different production costs because each country has an incentive to cheat on any agreement the newspaper also noted opec’s view “that producing nations outside the organization, like norway and britain, should do their share and cut production.” what does the phrase “do their share” suggest about opec’s desired relationship with norway and britain? opec would like norway and britain to keep their production levels high. opec would like norway and britain to act competitively. opec would like norway and britain to join the cartel.