1st Edition

Mathematical Modeling in the Age of the Pandemic

By William P. Fox Copyright 2021
174 Pages 78 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

174 Pages 78 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

174 Pages 78 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

 One cannot watch or read about the news these days without hearing about the models for COVID-19 or the testing that must occur to approve vaccines or treatments for the disease. The purpose of Mathematical Modeling in the Age of a Pandemic  is to shed some light on the meaning and interpretations of many of the types of models that are or might be used in the presentation of... Read more

Preface

1. Modeling as a Process

2. DISCRETE DYNAMICAL SYSTEM MODELS

3. Modeling Coupled Systems of Discrete Dynamical Systems

4. Modeling with Differential Equation

5. Systems of Differential Equations

6. Probabilistic Models

7. Hypothesis Tests

8. Two Samples Hypothesis test (means and proportions)

9. Agent Based Model with NetLogo

10. Concluding Remarks and Epilogue

References

Index

Biography

Dr. William P. Fox is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School. Currently, he is a Visitng Professor of Computational Operations Research in the Department of Mathematics at the College of William and Mary. He received his BS degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, his MS in operations research from the Naval Postgraduate School, and his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University. He has taught at the United States Military Academy, at Francis Marion University where he was the chair of mathematics for eight years, and twelve years at the Naval Postgraduate School. He has many publications and scholarly activities including over twenty books (6 with CRC Press), twenty-two chapters of books & technical reports, one hundred and fifty journal articles, and over one hundred and fifty conference presentations and mathematical modeling workshops.