1st Edition

Modeling and Simulation in Python

By Jason M. Kinser Copyright 2022
332 Pages 170 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

332 Pages 170 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

332 Pages 170 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

The use of Python as a powerful computational tool is expanding with great strides. Python is a language which is easy to use, and the libraries of tools provides it with efficient versatility. As the tools continue to expand, users can create insightful models and simulations. While the tools offer an easy method to create a pipeline, such constructions are not guaranteed to provide correct... Read more

Preface

Software

1. Introduction

2. Random Values

3. Application of Random Values 

4. The Monte Carlo Method

5. Modeling Self-Organization 

6. Hidden Markov Models

7. Identification of Start Codons

8. HMM Application in Baseball

9. Hidden Shakespeare Model

10. Connected Data

11. Gene Expression Arrays

12. Simultaneous Equations

13. Simulations of Motion

14. Oscillations

15. Coupled Differential Equations

16. Extraordinary Number of Solutions

17. Agent Based Modeling - Virus Spread

18. Chess

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Jason M. Kinser is Chair of the Department of Computational and Data Sciences at George Mason University. Dr. Kinser has taught more than 30 different courses at Mason in several departments including Computational & Data Sciences, Physics, Bioinformatics, Forensics, and even Biology. His research interests include analysis of images, fusion of image content non-image data, and education.