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Introduction to computational science : modeling and simulation for the sciences /

Title:
Introduction to computational science : modeling and simulation for the sciences /
Author:
Shiflet, Angela B.
Format:
Book
Institution:
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Contents:
Overview. Module 1.1. Overview of computational science -- Module 1.2. The modeling process. System dynamics problems with rate proportional to amount. Module 2.1. System dynamics tool -- tutorial 1 -- Module 2.2. Unconstrained growth and decay -- Module 2.3. Constrained growth -- Module 2.4. System dynamics tool -- tutorial 2 -- Module 2.5. Drug dosage. Force and motion. Module 3.1. Modeling falling and skydiving -- Module 3.2. Modeling bungee jumping -- Module 3.3. Tick tock -- the pendulum clock -- Module 3.4. Up, up, and away -- rocket motion. System dynamics models with interactions. Module 4.1. Competition -- Module 4.2. Predator-prey models -- Module 4.3. Modeling the spread of SARS -- containing emerging disease -- Module 4.4. Modeling a persistent plague -- malaria -- Module 4.5. Enzyme kinetics -- a model of control. Computational error. Module 5.1. Computational toolbox -- tools of the trade: tutorial 1 -- Module 5.2. Errors. Simulation techniques. Module 6.1. Computational toolbox -- tools of the trade: tutorial 2 -- Module 6.2. Euler's method -- Module 6.3. Runge-Kutta 2 Method -- Module 6.4. Runge-Kutta 4 Method. Additional system dynamics projects. Module 7.1. Radioactive chains -- never the same again -- Module 7.2. Turnover and turmoil -- blood cell populations -- Module 7.3. Deep trouble -- ideal gas laws and scuba diving -- Module 7.4. What goes around comes around -- the carbon cycle -- Module 7.5. A heated debate -- global warming -- Module 7.6. Plotting the future -- how will the garden grow? -- Module 7.7. Cardiovascular system -- a pressure-filled model -- Module 7.8. Electrical circuits -- a complete story -- Module 7.9. Transmission of nerve impulses -- learning from the action potential heroes -- Module 7.10. Feeding the problem -- antibiotic resistance -- Module 7.11. Fueling our cells-carbohydrate metabolism -- Module 7.12. Mercury pollution -- getting on our nerves -- Module 7.13. Managing to eat -- what's the catch? -- Module 7.14. Control issues -- the Operon Model -- Module 7.15. Troubling signals -- colon cancer. Data-driven models. Module 8.1. Computational toolbox -- tools of the trade: tutorial 3 -- Module 8.2. Function tutorial -- Module 8.3. Empirical models.
Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
Wentworth Circulation Desk
004 .S99 2014 – Available