Math 4190: Spring 14

Goddard - Fall 14

Math 4500: Introduction to Mathematical Models

Wayne Goddard

Dec 8. Final 3pm.
Dec 4. More Spread of Disease. Notes24 | shodor fire | shodor disease | Practice for Final and Solutions
Dec 2. Spread of Disease. Notes23
Nov 25. No class
Nov 20. Project presentations.
Nov 18. Project presentation. Assignment6
Nov 13. More on Predator-Prey. Notes22
Nov 11. Predator-Prey. Notes21
Nov 6. Annuities. Notes20 | Assignment5
Oct 30. Automata: Images and Life. Notes18 | Image paper | Notes19 | lifeAnimate.sws | lifeAnimate.sage.txt
Oct 28. Automata: Sorting and Images. Notes17
Oct 23: Guest Lecture: Annuities
Oct 21: No class.
Oct 16: More Dimensional Analysis. Practice2 | A link
Oct 14: Dimensional Analysis. Notes16 | Assignment4 | Project
Oct 9: Revision. Notes15
Oct 7: Test.
Oct 2: Revision. Practice for Test 1 and Solutions
Sep 30: (More Random) Graphs. Notes14 | baGraphs.sws | baGraphs.sage.txt | Practice1
Sep 25: More (Random Graphs). Notes13
Sep 23: Random Graphs. Notes12 | Assignment3
Sep 18: Discrete Dynamical Systems Again Again. Notes11
Sep 16: Discrete Dynamical Systems Again. Notes10 | dynamic.sws | dynamic.sage.txt
Sep 11: Discrete Dynamical Systems. Notes9 |
Sep 9: Markov ranking and Arrow's Theorem. Notes7 | Notes8 | Assignment2
Sep 4: Elo ranking. Notes6
Sep 2: Massey's ranking. Notes5 | rankingMore.sws | rankingMore.sage.txt | rankingLoader.sage | accData.txt
This is also called the Simple Ranking System; see here
Aug 28: Monte Carlo simulation. Notes4 | senatePrediction.sws | senatePrediction.sage.txt | Assignment1
Aug 26: Curve Fitting. Notes1 | Notes2 | Notes3
weather.sws (Sage) | weather.sage.txt | climateFit.mw (Maple) | Abramowitz paper | Rutledge paper
Aug 21: Introduction. Syllabus | Rules | Some background notes on Matlab
An introduction to mathematical models. Examples will be taken from bio/medical, politics/economics, and sport.
Prerequisites: Mathematical maturity
It would be advantageous to have had some exposure to: calculus, matrices, probability, statistics, discrete math, and programming.
No prescribed text.