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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Beltrami, Edward J.
Titre(s) : Mathematical models for society and biology [Texte électronique] / Edward Beltrami
Édition : 2nd edition
Publication : Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, cop. 2013
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Note(s) : Previous edition: 2002. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-257) and index
English.
Mathematical Modeling for Society and Biology second edition draws on current issues
to engagingly relate how to use mathematics to gain insight into problems in biology
and contemporary society. For the new edition, the author uses mathematical models
tat are simple, transparent, and verifiable. Also new to the book is an introduction
to mathematical concepts that every quantitative scientist in the biological and social
sciences should be familiar with, such as Bayesian inference and differential equations.
Additionally, each chapter now includes a detailed discussion on how to formulate
a reasonable model to gain insight into the specific question that has been introduced
-- P. 4 of cover
Sujet(s) : Sciences sociales -- Modèles mathématiques
Biologie -- Modèles mathématiques
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780124046245
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44635765d
Notice n° :
FRBNF44635765
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Table des matières : 1. Crabs and criminals ; 2. It isn't fair ; 3. While the city burns ; 4. Clean streets
; 5. A. Bayesian take on colorectal screening, baseball, fund managers, and a murder
; 6. What are the odds of that? ; 7. It's normal not to be normal ; 8. Boom and
bust ; 9. Viral outbreaks and blood clots ; 10. Red tides and whatever happened
to the red squirrel? ; 11. Spatial patterns: the cat's tail and spreading slime ;
12. The coil of life ; Appendices.
