Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation - Hardcover

Maki, Daniel P.; Thompson, Maynard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534384781 ISBN 13: 9780534384784

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2005

Synopsis

Daniel Maki and Maynard Thompson provide a conceptual framework for the process of building and using mathematical models, illustrating the uses of mathematical and computer models in a variety of situations. This text helps students learn that model building is a dynamic process involving simplification, approximation, abstraction, analysis, computation, and comparison. Students begin the process of model building with a consideration of phenomena arising in another academic area or in the real world.

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About the Authors

Daniel P. Maki is the Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Indiana University. His research interests include the study of algorithms related to speech recognition by computer, including hidden Markov models, neural networks, and traditional signal processing. He is on the Board of Governors for the MAA and on the MAA Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics.

Maynard Thompson has research interests in the applications of mathematics to problems arising in biology and medicine. He served as Chairman of the CUPM Committee on Applied Mathematics, on the SIAM Education Committee, on the MCM Advisory Board, and as a Visiting Lecturer for the MAA and SIAM. He has written research and expository articles and lectured in workshops and conferences on mathematical modeling in the social and life sciences.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534384781
• ISBN 13: 9780534384784
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304