X and the city : modeling aspects of urban life /

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X and the City, a book of diverse and accessible math-based topics, uses basic modeling to explore a wide range of entertaining questions about urban life. How do you estimate the number of dental or doctor's offices, gas stations, restaurants, or movie theaters in a city of a given size? How c...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adam, John A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Mathematical models.
City and town life > Mathematical models.
Cities and towns > Mathematical models.
Modèles mathématiques.
Vie urbaine > Modèles mathématiques.
Villes > Modèles mathématiques.
mathematical models.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
MATHEMATICS > Applied.
Cities and towns > Mathematical models
Mathematical models
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : cancer, Princess Dido, and the city
  • Getting to the city
  • Living in the city
  • Eating in the city
  • Gardening in the city
  • Summer in the city
  • Not driving in the city!
  • Driving in the city
  • Probability in the city
  • Traffic in the city
  • Car following in the city-I
  • Car following in the city-II
  • Congestion in the city
  • Roads in the city
  • Sex and the city
  • Growth and the city
  • The axiomatic city
  • Scaling in the city
  • Air pollution in the city
  • Light in the city
  • Nighttime in the city-I
  • Nighttime in the city-II
  • Lighthouses in the city
  • Disaster in the city?
  • Getting away from the city.

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