A first course in mathematical modeling /

Giordano, Frank R.

A first course in mathematical modeling / Frank R. Giordano, William P. Fox, Steven B. Horton - 5th ed. - Australia: Cengage, 2014 - xxii, 676 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Previous ed.: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Modeling change -- The modeling process, proportionality, and geometric similarity -- Model fitting -- Experimental modeling -- Simulation modeling -- Discrete probabilistic modeling -- Optimization of discrete models -- Modeling using graph theory -- Modeling with decision theory -- Game theory -- Modeling with a differential equation -- Modeling with systems of differential equations -- Optimization of continuous models.



9781285050904 (hbk.) 9781285077499 (pbk.)


Mathematical models.

511.8 / G497f