The nature of mathematical modeling /
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| Author / Creator: | Gershenfeld, Neil A. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. |
| Description: | xii, 344 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3666495 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. Analytical Models
- 2. Ordinary differential and difference equations
- 3. Partial differential equations
- 4. Variational principles
- 5. Random systems
- Part II. Numerical Models
- 6. Finite differences: ordinary difference equations
- 7. Finite differences: partial differential equations
- 8. Finite elements
- 9. Cellular automata and lattice gases
- Part III. Observational Models
- 10. Function fitting
- 11. Transforms
- 12. Architectures
- 13. Optimization and search
- 14. Clustering and density estimation
- 15. Filtering and state estimation
- 16. Linear and nonlinear time series
- Appendix 1. Graphical and mathematical software
- Appendix 2. Network programming
- Appendix 3. Benchmarking
- Appendix 4. Problem solutions
- Bibliography
