1) Background. While the instructor often does not require this knowledge per se, it can help convince
the instructor that you have a strong grasp of this material. It can also help frame the scoping of the
model, and of the scenarios. This should characterize factors such as
a) Motivation
b) Context
c) Goals of model
1) Is this a model primarily geared at providing higher-level insights without focusing on
a particular external situation, or does it aim to characterized some particular external situation?
2) Research questions/hypotheses of greatest interest.
1) Background. While the instructor often does not require this knowledge per se, it can help convince the instructor that you have a strong grasp of this material. It can also help frame the scoping of the model, and of the scenarios. This should characterize factors such as a) Motivation b) Context c) Goals of model 1) Is this a model primarily geared at providing higher-level insights without focusing on a particular external situation, or does it aim to characterized some particular external situation? 2) Research questions/hypotheses of greatest interest.