Mathematical modeling / / Mark M. Meerschaert [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNISA996426335803316
• Autore: Meerschaert Mark M. <1955->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Waltham, MA, : Academic Press/Elsevier, 2013
• Edizione: [4th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 365 p. ) : ill
• Disciplina: 511/.8
• Soggetti: Mathematical models; Civil & Environmental Engineering; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Operations Research; Electronic books
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index
• Nota di contenuto: Optimization models. One-Variable Optimization ; Multivariable Optimization ; Computational Methods for Optimization. -- Dynamic models. Introduction to Dynamic Models ; Analysis of Dynamic Models ; Simulation of Dynamic Models. -- Probability models. Introduction to Probability Models ; Stochastic Models ; Simulation of Probability Models
• Sommario/riassunto: "Meerschaert's new edition strengthens his position as the survey text of choice for mathematical modeling courses, adding ample instructor support and leveraging on-line delivery for solutions manuals and software ancillaries. From genetic engineering to hurricane prediction, mathematical models guide much of the decision-making in our society, and if the assumptions and methods underlying the modeling are flawed, the outcome can be disastrously poor, as recent events have proved. Since mathematical modeling is a rapidly growing specialty with applications in so many scientific and technical disciplines, there is a need for mathematically rigorous treatments of the subject, and particularly for texts that expose students to a range of possible approaches."--Publisher's website.