A primer on mathematical modelling / / Alfio Quarteroni, Paola Gervasio ; translated by Simon G Chiossi

• Autore: Quarteroni Alfio
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020]; ©2020
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2020.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XV, 238 p. 119 illus., 109 illus. in color.)
• Disciplina: 515
• Soggetto topico: Mathematical models; Engineering mathematics; Mathematical analysis
• Persona (resp. second.): GervasioPaola; ChiossiSimon G.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A Primer on Mathematical Modelling
• ISBN: 3-030-44541-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910483434203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: La Matematica per il 3+2, . 2038-5722 ; ; 121