N501
Ross, Mondays 1:30-4:30pm (first meeting: January 4, 2010)
Practical Applied Mathematics, by S. Howison, CUP,
2005.
1.
Industrial
Mathematics: Modeling in Industry, Science, and Government, by C.R. MacCluer, Prentice Hall, 2000;
2.
Mathematical
Models in the Applied Sciences, by A.C. Fowler, Cambridge University Press,
1997;
3.
The
Mathematics of Behavior, by E. Hunt, Cambridge
University Press, 2007.
Weeks 1-2. Read
chapters 1-3; Work on exercise problems in chapters 1-3;
Weeks 3-4. Read
chapters 4-6; Work on exercise problems in chapters 4-6;
Weeks 5-6. Read
chapters 12-13 & 16; Work on exercise problems in chapters 12-13 & 16;
Week
7. Work on elementary
stochastic calculus exercises;
Week
8. Work on projects 2
& 3 summary;
Week
9. Work on basic optimal
control exercises and project 2;
Week
10. Work on individual project;
Weeks 11-12. Work on projcts 2 & 3.
Group
project 1 (additional
materials)
Group
project 2 (
T. Salisbury's presentation)
Individual
project (
J. Haffernan's presentation;
Article on computing R0)
Handouts: Guide for Technical Writing
H. Huang Homepage