Description |
xiv, 462 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
Oxford science publications |
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Oxford science publications.
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Contents |
Machine derived contents note: PART I: Simple Illustrative Examples -- 1. Estimating Route Lengths -- 2. Forest Management -- 3. Apportionment -- 4. The Length of A Role of Toilet Paper -- 5. Can Water in a Boat Ever Make it More Stable? -- PART II: Models for Class Development -- 6. Accident Investigations -- 7. Insulating a House -- 8. Basketball Shooting -- 9. Putting the Shot -- 10. Epidemics and the Spread of Diseases -- 11. Pollution of the Great Lakes -- 12. Quarrying for Sand -- 13. The Ruritanian Sports and Social Club -- 14. Indian Population Projectories -- 15. Biological Cell Populations -- 16. Marketing a New Variety of Seed -- 17. Modelling Plant Growth -- PART III: Extended Problems -- 18. Valve Design in the Treatment of Hydrocephalus -- 19. Why Airlines Sometimes Overbook Flights -- 20. Estimating Fertilizer Requirements of Vegetable Crops -- 21. Leylandia Vehicles Requiring General Insurance -- 22. Windmill Power -- 23. Arcrite Pipework Limited -- 24. Signal Flags -- PART IV: Further Problem Statements -- 25. Emergency Evacuation Times for Educational Buildings -- 26. Road Safety -- 27. Sheep Farming -- 28. Loading Tiles into Boxes |
Summary |
An important component of mathematical education at all levels the use of mathematics to model real-world situation. In this book the emphasis is on developing models which provide a means to analysis and answer questions posed in practical settings. It provides a pendium of case studies of mathematical models of varying degrees of sophistication and practicality. Teachers and students of mathematical modelling will find it a rich source of examples ranging from insulating houses to basketball and from modelling epidemics to studying the generation of windmill power |
Analysis |
Mathematical models |
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Mathematical models |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Mathematical models -- Case studies.
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Mathematical models.
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Author |
Huntley, Ian.
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James, D. J. G.
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LC no. |
90046757 |
ISBN |
0198536577 |
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