Mathematical modeling and computer simulation /
Daniel P. Maki, Maynard Thompson.
- Delhi: Cengage Learning, 2010.
- 282 p. ; 24 cm. (Rk#6.a Sh#02)
Daniel Maki and Maynard Thompson provide a conceptual framework for the process of building and using mathematical models, illustrating the uses of mathematical and computer models in a variety of situations. This text helps students learn that model building is a dynamic process involving simplification, approximation, abstraction, analysis, computation, and comparison. Students begin the process of model building with a consideration of phenomena arising in another academic area or in the real world.