Cargando…
Mathematical Modelling of Zombies /
Engages the imagination to illustrate the power of mathematical modelling. This book brings together a highly skilled team of contributors to fend off a zombie uprising. It helps you to learn how modelling can advise government policy, and how theoretical results can be communicated to a nonmathemat...
| Otros Autores: | |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Ottawa [Ontario] :
University of Ottawa Press,
2014.
|
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a22000004a 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | musev2_36172 | ||
| 003 | MdBmJHUP | ||
| 005 | 20230905043814.0 | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr||||||||nn|n | ||
| 008 | 140917s2014 onc o 00 0 eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780776621685 | ||
| 020 | |z 0776621688 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)890957207 | ||
| 040 | |a MdBmJHUP |c MdBmJHUP | ||
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Mathematical Modelling of Zombies / |c edited by Robert Smith?. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Ottawa [Ontario] : |b University of Ottawa Press, |c 2014. | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2014 | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2014. | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (468 pages). | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Foreword: I Ran with a Zombie / Andrew Cartmel -- Introduction: What can zombies teach us about mathematics / Robert Smith -- The Viral Spread of a Zombie Media Story / Robert Smith -- The Undead: A Plague on Humanity or a Powerful New Tool for Epidemiological Research? / Jane M. Heffernan and Derek J. Wilson -- When Zombies Attack! Alternate Ending / Phil Munz -- When Humans Strike Back! Adaptive Strategies for Zombie Attacks Bard Ermentrout and Kyle Ermentrout -- Increasing Survivability in a Zombie Epidemic / Ben Tippett -- How Long Can We Survive? / Thomas E. Woolley, Ruth E. Baker, Eamonn A. Gaffney and Philip K. Maini -- Demographics of Zombies in the United States / Daniel Zelterman -- Is It Safe to Go Out Yet? Statistical Inference in a Zombie Outbreak Model / Ben Calderhead, Mark Girolami and Desmond J. Higham -- The Social Zombie: Modelling Undead Outbreaks on Social Networks / Laurent Hebert-Dufresne, Vincent Marceau, Pierre-Andre e Noël, Antoine Allard and Louis J. Dube -- Zombie Infection Warning System Based on Fuzzy Decision-Making / Micael S. Couceiro, Carlos M. Figueiredo, J. Miguel A. Luz and Michael J. Delorme -- Zombies in the City: A NetLogo Model / Jennifer Badham and Judy-anne Osborn -- An Evolvable Linear Representation for Simulating Policy in Zombie Outbreaks / Daniel Ashlock, Joseph Alexander Brown and Clinton Innes -- Baneling Dynamics in Legend of the Seeker / Gergely Röst -- The Zombie Swarm: Epidemics in the Presence of Social Attraction and Repulsion / Evelyn Sander and Chad M. Topaz -- Conclusion / Robert Smith -- Afterword / Robert Smith. | |
| 520 | |a Engages the imagination to illustrate the power of mathematical modelling. This book brings together a highly skilled team of contributors to fend off a zombie uprising. It helps you to learn how modelling can advise government policy, and how theoretical results can be communicated to a nonmathematical audience. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a SOCIAL SCIENCE |x Folklore & Mythology. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Zombies |x Modeles mathematiques. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Zombies |x Mathematical models. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Electronic books. |2 local | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Smith?, Robert J. |q (Robert Joseph), |d 1972- |e editor. | |
| 710 | 2 | |a Project Muse. |e distributor | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Book collections on Project MUSE. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |z Texto completo |u https://projectmuse.uam.elogim.com/book/36172/ |
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - Custom Collection | ||
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - 2014 Film, Theater and Performing Arts | ||
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - 2014 Complete | ||