02929nam 2200577 450 991048343420332120220318000934.03-030-44541-010.1007/978-3-030-44541-6(CKB)4100000011493367(DE-He213)978-3-030-44541-6(MiAaPQ)EBC6370497(MiAaPQ)EBC6647474(Au-PeEL)EBL6370497(OCoLC)1225354604(Au-PeEL)EBL6647474(PPN)258304006(EXLCZ)99410000001149336720220318d2020 uy 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA primer on mathematical modelling /Alfio Quarteroni, Paola Gervasio ; translated by Simon G Chiossi1st ed. 2020.Cham, Switzerland :Springer,[2020]©20201 online resource (XV, 238 p. 119 illus., 109 illus. in color.) La Matematica per il 3+2,2038-5722 ;1213-030-44540-2 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.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.La Matematica per il 3+2,2038-5722 ;121Mathematical modelsEngineering mathematicsMathematical analysisMathematical models.Engineering mathematics.Mathematical analysis.515Quarteroni Alfio8375Gervasio PaolaChiossi Simon G.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910483434203321A Primer on Mathematical Modelling1886073UNINA