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040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC
050 00 $aQA401$b.G55 2003
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100 1 $aGiordano, Frank R.
245 12 $aA first course in mathematical modeling /$cFrank
R. Giordano, Maurice D. Weir, William P. Fox.
250 $a3rd ed.
260 $aPacific Grove, CA :$bBrooks/Cole Thomson
Learning,$c2003 [i.e. 2002].
300 $axiv, 538 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. Modeling change -- 2. The modeling process,
proportionality, and geometric similarity -- 3. Model
fitting -- 4. Experimental modeling -- 5. Simulation
modeling -- 6. Discrete probabilistic modeling -- 7.
Discrete optimization modeling -- 8. Dimensional analysis
and similitude -- 9. Graphs of functions as models -- 10.
Modeling with a differential equation -- 11. Modeling with
systems of differential equations -- 12. Continuous
optimization modeling -- Appendix A. Problems from the
mathematics contest in modeling, 1985-2002 -- Appendix B. An
elevator simulation algorithm -- Appendix C. The revised
simplex method.
650 0 $aMathematical models.
700 1 $aWeir, Maurice D.
700 1 $aFox, William P.,$d1949-
