Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation

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.

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.