Primer on Mathematical Modelling

A Primer on Mathematical Modelling 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 //paola-gervasio.unibs quarteroni-gervasio This book is addressed to any student interested in learning how to construct and apply mathematical models. Autor: Alfio Quarteroni, Paola Gervasio Wydawnictwo: Springer Rok wydania: 2020 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 238 Wymiary: 17.8 x 25.4 x 2.2 cm Ilustracje: 101 Tables, color; 109 Illustrations, color; 10 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 238 p. 119 illus., 109 illus. in color. Język: angielski ISBN: 9783030445409