| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Series |
Unitext: La Matematica per il 3+2 ; volume 121 |
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Unitext ; 121.
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| Contents |
1. A warm-up to models -- 2. Getting started -- 3. Reckoning with the computer -- 4. A virtual surfer for the web -- 5. A network of capillaries -- 6. Predators and preys in the maths ocean -- 7. Take-home message -- 8. Solutions to exercises |
| Summary |
In this book we describe the magic world of mathematical models: starting from real-life problems, we formulate them in terms of equations, transform equations into algorithms and algorithms into programs to be executed on computers. A broad variety of examples and exercises illustrate that properly designed models can, e.g.: predict the way the number of dolphins in the Aeolian Sea will change as food availability and fishing activity vary; describe the blood flow in a capillary network; calculate the PageRank of websites. This book also includes a chapter with an elementary introduction to Octave, an open-source programming language widely used in the scientific community. Octave functions and scripts for dealing with the problems presented in the text can be downloaded from https://paola-gervasio.unibs.it/quarteroni-gervasio This book is addressed to any student interested in learning how to construct and apply mathematical models |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the Italian |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 10, 2020) |
| Subject |
Mathematical models.
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Mathematical analysis.
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Engineering mathematics.
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Models, Theoretical
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mathematical models.
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Modelos matemáticos
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Análisis matemático
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Engineering mathematics
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Mathematical analysis
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Mathematical models
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gervasio, Paola, author.
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Chiossi, Simon G., translator.
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| ISBN |
9783030445416 |
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3030445410 |
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