scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1348644

Authors Douglas R. Shier, K. T. Wallenius

Publication date 6 October 1999

bibliography biology engineering graduate students mathematical modeling problems real world problems science

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to mathematics in general (00-01) General theory of mathematical modeling (00A71)

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This book is a collection of chapters written by various authors and dealing with mathematical modeling in various areas of science, biology and engineering. It is intended for graduate students and teaches them how to solve real world problems. Not much background in pure mathematics is needed, but the background required is broad. In 19 chapters a wide variety of subjects is treated. These include modeling of: 1) aids epidemic and the spread of sleeping sickness, 2) cryptology, 3) nonlinear vibrations, 4) networks with time-varying arrivals, 5) flows in porous media, 6) production strategies, 7) nonlinear phenomena in dynamical systems, 8) probabilistic processes and their applications for workstation utilization, 9) graph-theoretical analysis of Markov chains, 10) error-correcting codes, 11) broadcasting, 12) environmental regulations and their impact on hydroelectric revenues, 13) stabilization of a rocket, 14) nonlinear oscillators, and 15) polymerization process. The authors emphasize that mathematical modeling requires broad knowledge of engineering, physical and biological sciences. The passage from a real world problem to its mathematical model is a non-trivial step which is as important as the mathematical analysis of the model. The book contains many problems for the students and a bibliography for further reading. It is a valuable contribution to the literature. Its objectives are similar to those of the book by \textit{F. Wan}, ``Mathematical models and their analysis, Harper and Row, Philadelphia (1989) but the set of the problems chosen for modeling is quite different. In the appendix the role of mathematical modeling in Clemson graduate program is discussed.

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