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A Concrete Approach to Mathematical Modelling (Wiley-Interscience Paperback Series) |  | Author: Mike Mesterton-Gibbons
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 620
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.6
ISBN: 0470171073
Dewey Decimal Number: 511
EAN: 9780470171073
ASIN: 0470171073
Publication Date: May 18, 2007
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WILEY-INTERSCIENCE PAPERBACK SERIES The Wiley-Interscience Paperback Series consists of selected books that have been made more accessible to consumers in an effort to increase global appeal and general circulation. With these new unabridged softcover volumes, Wiley hopes to extend the lives of these works by making them available to future generations of statisticians, mathematicians, and scientists. " . . . [a] treasure house of material for students and teachers alike . . . can be dipped into regularly for inspiration and ideas. It deserves to become a classic."
—London Times Higher Education Supplement "The author succeeds in his goal of serving the needs of the undergraduate population who want to see mathematics in action, and the mathematics used is extensive and provoking."
—SIAM Review "Each chapter discusses a wealth of examples ranging from old standards . . . to novelty . . . each model is developed critically, analyzed critically, and assessed critically."
—Mathematical Reviews A Concrete Approach to Mathematical Modelling provides in-depth and systematic coverage of the art and science of mathematical modelling. Dr. Mesterton-Gibbons shows how the modelling process works and includes fascinating examples from virtually every realm of human, machine, natural, and cosmic activity. Various models are found throughout the book, including how to determine how fast cars drive through a tunnel, how many workers industry should employ, the length of a supermarket checkout line, and more. With detailed explanations, exercises, and examples demonstrating real-life applications in diverse fields, this book is the ultimate guide for students and professionals in the social sciences, life sciences, engineering, statistics, economics, politics, business and management sciences, and every other discipline in which mathematical modelling plays a role.
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 Outstanding advanced collection of modeling ideas January 4, 2009
Random Intellectual-lite (Troy, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is still my favorite book on mathematical modeling. The material is well-suited to a mature graduate audience in applied mathematics, but some of the ideas can be fed into an undergraduate class as well. What I really like about this book is the variety of novel models of real-world systems which I don't see elsewhere. Traffic modeling is discussed here with more realism than I've seen in other texts. This book is not an easy read, but very rewarding to those who persevere.
A good book, if not a bargain August 22, 2008
Foster Morrison (North Potomac, MD USA)
This is a good book with a lot of good exposition and useful examples. (I have the original 1985 Addison-Wesley edition.) Too bad the price is so high. I'm glad I went the Dover route. The Art of Modeling Dynamic Systems: Forecasting for Chaos, Randomness, and Determinism (Scientific and Technical Computation Series)
Very Good Starting Point for MathModelling February 13, 1998
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you want to have most or even all modelling tools stressing interpretation and aplication, this is for me the best source! This is the book for learning to use, interpret and construct you own mathematical models. It starts from the ground, so also suited for self study. It focuses more on the interpretation and aplications but at it's end also on the construction of models. Mesterton-Gibbons has done a brilliant text.
Great reference, but should have been updated from the 1st ed. October 18, 2009
Russell Kurtz (Bradley Beach, New Jersey USA)
"A Concrete Approach to Mathematical Modeling" has a great deal to offer professionals in many industries who are grappling with methods for modeling dynamic systems. I purchased the original hardbound copy and was excited about getting this paperback edition because there were some errors in the original print that I was assuming would have been corrected. Unfortunately, I was disappointed to find that this paperback edition has all the same errors! The errors include a few mis-references and formula typos. So, if you are looking for a great overview and provocative modeling examples, this is still a great reference, I just would have hoped that the new printing would have included corrections (or at least an errata sheet).
Russell Kurtz, Ph.D.
 Quite Advanced January 22, 2009
Anax Andron
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I used this book for a course in math modeling. I was not entirely pleased with the book, though, to be fair I was not altogether pleased with the class, either. I agree with the other reviewers that this book presents a great many tools for the interpretation and construction of your own models. However, I disagree with the other reviewers that this is a book sutiable for self-study, unqualified. I think the qualifications that they should add to their claim is that one should have at least a bachelors or even a masters in mathematics before one tries to teach oneself the art of math modeling from this book. I am a student of philosophy and neuroscience that does mathematics on the side. I found this book to proceed through what I found to be difficult series of equations as though they should have been common knowledge. This is a clear sign that the book was written with a more advanced demographic in mind. With that in mind, I think someone that has studied math more than me, more than a minors worth,or just has that knack for mathematics will find the book challenging and quite insightful. If, like me, you are not a mathematics wiz, I suggest saving this book until you have a little more experience in advanced mathematics.
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