TY - BOOK AU - Giordano,Frank R. AU - Fox,William P. AU - Horton,Steven B. TI - A first course in mathematical modeling SN - 9781285050904 (hbk.) U1 - 511.8 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Australia PB - Cengage KW - Mathematical models N1 - 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; CSE; ps ER -