TY - BOOK AU - Giordano,Frank R. AU - Fox,William P. AU - Horton,Steven B. TI - A first course in mathematical modeling SN - 9781285050904 (hbk.) AV - QA401 .G55 2014 U1 - 511.8 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Australia, Boston, MA PB - Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning KW - Mathematical models KW - Mathematical modeling KW - AMAT 110 N1 - Previous ed.: 2009; RR Real (Recommending faculty) AY 2016-217; Includes bibliographical references and index; Modeling change -- The modeling process, proportionality, and geometric similarity -- Model fitting -- Experimental modeling -- Simulation modeling -- Discrete probabilistic modeling -- Optimization of discrete models -- Modeling using graph theory -- Modeling with decision theory -- Game theory -- Modeling with a differential equation -- Modeling with systems of differential equations -- Optimization of continuous models ER -