A first course in mathematical modeling - Giordano, Frank R.; Fox, William P.; Horton, Steven B. (Australia ; Boston, MA : Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2014)
Modeling change -- The modeling process, proportionality, and geometric similarity -- Model fitting -- Experimental modeling -- Simulation modeling -- Discrete probabilistic modeling -- Optimization of discrete models -- Modeling using graph theory -- Modeling with decision theory -- Game theory -- Modeling with a differential equation -- Modeling with systems of differential equations -- Optimization of continuous models.
Previous ed.: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: MATHEMATICAL MODELS