Choose one of the following Case Studies:

•Food Webs

•Coding Theory

•Network Flows

Write a 750- to 1,250-word paper in which you complete one of the following options:

Option 1: Food Webs Case Study

Explain the theory in your own words based on the case study and suggested readings.

Include the following in your explanation:

•Competition

•Food Webs

•Boxicity

•Trophic Status

Give an example of how this could be applied in other real-world applications.

Option 2: Coding Theory Case Study

Explain the theory in your own words based on the case study and suggested readings.

Include the following in your explanation:

•Error Detecting Codes

•Error Correcting Codes

•Hamming Distance

•Perfect Codes

•Generator Matrices

•Parity Check Matrices

•Hamming Codes

Give an example of how this could be applied in other real-world applications.

Option 3: Network Flows Case Study

Explain the solutions for examples 1, 2 and 3 from the text.

Explain the theory developed including capacitated s,t graphs and the lexicographic ordering rule based on the case study and suggested readings.

Give an example of how this could be applied in other real-world applications.