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Week1 Introduction To Course and Mathematical Modelling

This document provides an outline for a course on mathematical modeling. It describes the course objectives as mastering the modeling process, identifying models, and solving and analyzing outputs from models. It also lists evaluation criteria and covers topics like optimization, dynamic models, probability models and simulation.

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Week1 Introduction To Course and Mathematical Modelling

This document provides an outline for a course on mathematical modeling. It describes the course objectives as mastering the modeling process, identifying models, and solving and analyzing outputs from models. It also lists evaluation criteria and covers topics like optimization, dynamic models, probability models and simulation.

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Mathematical

Modelling
Outline
1. Introduction to Course
• Description
• Objectives and Expected output
• References
• Evaluation
• Schedule
2. Introduction to Mathematical Modelling
Course description
• Provide a view, knowledge and skills of modeling different
realities in nature and society using mathematical methods
and languages so that computation can be performed on
computers with those models.

• Two main approaches to mathematical modeling with


deterministic and stochastic models.

• Many examples on modeling of the population, of social


networks, of HIV, of the age of Universe, of global warming, of
spreading disease ...
Objectives and expected output
• Master the mathematical modelling process
• Identify and classify mathematical models
• Solve completely the original problems by
proposed mathematical models and
computation techniques
• Analyze and prove the outputs returned from
the proposed models
References

• Mark M. Meerschaert, Mathematical Modelling,


Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-12-386912-8, 4th Edition,
2013
• Frank R. Giordano et al., A First Course in
Mathematical Modeling, Thomson Learning,
ISBN 0-534-38428-5, 3th Edition, 2002
Evaluation
• Homework: 20%
• Group projects: 30%
• Final evaluation: 50%
Schedule
1. Introduction to the course and 9. Simulation of dynamic models
the mathematical modelling 10.Introduction to probability
2. One variable optimization models
3. Multivariable optimization 11.Stochastic models I
4. Multi-objective optimization 12.Stochastic models II
5. Introduction to computational 13.Simulation of Stochastic
methods for optimization models
6. Project announcement 14.Project presentation I
7. Introduction to dynamic 15.Project presentation II
models
8. Analysis of dynamic models
Outline
1. Introduction to Course
• Description
• Objectives and Expected output
• References
• Evaluation
• Schedule
2. Introduction to Mathematical Modelling
What is Mathematical Modelling?
• Models describe our beliefs about how the
world functions. In mathematical modelling, we
translate those beliefs into the language of
mathematics.
What is Mathematical Modelling?
• Advantages:
• Mathematics is a very precise language. This helps
us to formulate ideas and identify underlying
assumptions
• Mathematics is a concise language, with well-
defined rules for manipulations.
• All the results that mathematicians have proved
over hundreds of years are at our disposal.
• Computers can be used to perform numerical
calculations.
What are its objectives?
• Developing scientific understanding:
• Through quantitative expression of current
knowledge of a system (as well as displaying
what we know, this may also show up what we do
not know);
• Test the effect of changes in a system;
• Aid decision making, including
• tactical decisions by managers;
• strategic decisions by planners

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