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    1-001-SepartionOfVariables-TechniqueNarrative
    We discuss strategies to solve first order, ordinary differential equations with mathematical models when the variables may be separated.
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    1-097-SwimmingPool-ModelingScenario
    This project involves the dynamics of chlorine concentration during regular swimming pool maintenance cycles. Students will have the opportunity to use both analytic and numerical methods.
    concentrationcchlorinenumerical errorswimming poolhorineerreor
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    1-037-CommonColdSpread-ModelingScenario
    This modeling scenario guides students to simulate and investigate the spread of the common cold in a residence hall. An example floor plan is given, but the reader is encouraged to use a more relevant example.
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    1-035-DotseroVolcanoEruption-ModelingScenario
    In this scenario, we use Carbon-14 dating of the Dotsero volcano in Colorado as a way of emphasizing this multistage process of modeling.
    exponential decayhalf-lifedecayEuler's methodcarbon datingdecay rateCarbon-14Dotsero volcanovolcano
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    1-065-AlgalBlooms-ModelingScenario
    This modeling scenario investigates the massive algal blooms that struck Lake Chapala, Mexico, starting in 1994.
    direction fieldstool:dfieldalgaeharmful algae bloomspopulationcompartmentLake Chapala
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    1-165-FlushToilet-ModelingScenario
    This activity analyzes the spread of a technological innovation using the Bass Model from Economics. The equation is a first-order, two-parameter separable equation and the solution has a characteristic S-shaped curve or sigmoid curve.
    juliaDiffusioninnovationrate of innovationBass modelSolver
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    2017-GR_Gustafson-Differential Equations Course Materials
    There are many applications from compartment and cascade analysis, recycling brine tank, home heating with multiple rooms, chemostat, microbes, heartbeats, lidocaine, nutrient flow in an aquarium, biomass transfer, pesticides, forecasting prices,...
    chemostatmicrobesbiomassforecastingtransfercompartmentpesticidesearthquaketankheatinglidocainebrineheartbeatsnutrient flowaquariumelectric networkscircuitsloggingbuildingcascade
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    6-029-TumorGrowth-ModelingScenario
    This modeling scenario guides a student familiar with single ordinary differential equation (ODE) models towards the development of a more complex system of two ODEs for describing the evolution of tumor growth over time.
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    1-100-EngineeringDemographics-ModelingScenario
    Students show how models can be used to examine social issues. The students examine three different models and use numerical methods to apply each model to demographic data for the percentage of engineering degrees awarded to women in the United...
    logisticpopulationImproved Euler MethodGompertzdemographicswomenautonomous