Mathematical Modeling, 4/e (Hardcover)

Meerschaert's new edition strengthens his position as the survey text of choice for mathematical modeling courses, adding ample instructor support and leveraging on-line delivery for solutions manuals and software ancillaries.

From genetic engineering to hurricane prediction, mathematical models guide much of the decision-making in our society, and if the assumptions and methods underlying the modeling are flawed, the outcome can be disastrously poor, as recent events have proved. Since mathematical modeling is a rapidly growing specialty with applications in so many scientific and technical disciplines, there is a need for mathematically rigorous treatments of the subject, and particularly for texts that expose students to a range of possible approaches.

• Offers increased support for instructors, including MATLAB material as well as other on-line resources
• Features new sections on time series analysis and diffusion models
• Provides additional problems with international focus such as whale and dolphin populations, plus updated optimization problems

Meerschaert的新版加強了他作為數學建模課程首選的地位，提供了充足的教師支持，並利用線上提供解答手冊和軟體輔助工具。

從基因工程到颶風預測，數學模型在我們社會的許多決策中起著指導作用，如果模型的假設和方法有缺陷，結果可能會非常糟糕，正如最近的事件所證明的那樣。由於數學建模是一個快速發展的專業領域，應用於許多科學和技術學科，因此需要對這一主題進行數學上嚴謹的處理，特別是需要讓學生接觸到各種可能的方法的教材。

本書提供了對教師的更多支持，包括MATLAB材料和其他線上資源。新增了關於時間序列分析和擴散模型的章節。提供了更多具有國際焦點的問題，例如鯨魚和海豚的族群，以及更新的優化問題。