Mathematical models in the social and biological sciences /
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| Author / Creator: | Beltrami, Edward J. |
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| Imprint: | Boston : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c1993. |
| Description: | xiii, 197 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Jones and Bartlett books in mathematics |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1704100 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Crabs and Criminals. 1.1. Background. 1.2. Absorbing Markov Chains. 1.3. Social Mobility. 1.4. Recidivism
- 2. Congressional Seats and Who Picks Up All the Garbage? 2.1. Background. 2.2. Manpower Scheduling. 2.3. Apportionment. 2.4. Vehicle Scheduling
- 3. While the City Burns. 3.1. Background. 3.2. Poisson Processes. 3.3. The Inverse Square Root Law. 3.4. Optimal Deployment of Fire Companies
- 4. Measles and Sardines. 4.1. Background. 4.2. Equilibria and Stability. 4.3. Marketplace Dynamics. 4.4. A Catastrophe Model of Fishing. 4.5. Measles Epidemics
- 5. Algae Blooins, Pollution, and Squirrels. 5.1. Background. 5.2. Diffusion. 5.3. The Red Tide. 5.4. Red Tide II. 5.5. Pollution Susceptibility. 5.6. The Spread of the Gray Squirrel
- 6. It's All a Game. 6.1. Background. 6.2. A Variational Lemma. 6.3. Hide and Seek. 6.4. A Restricted-Access Fishery. 6.5. A Commentary. A Conditional Probability and Conditional Expectation
- B Linear Second-Order Differential Equations
- C Vector Functions.