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2009-Marten-EtAl-Derivation and analysis of an ordinary differential equation for epilepsy dynamics
In this paper we describe how an ordinary differential equation model of corticothalamic interactions may be obtained from a more general system of delay differential equations.
delay
epilepsy dynamics
epilepsy
bistability
seizure activity
Modeling Scenario
247
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183
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0
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1-095-RatingChessPlayers-ModelingScenarios
The goal of this activity is to have students build a mathematical model involving a system of first order difference equations from a verbal description of a scenario.
simulation
chess
Elo's method
chess rating
Article or Presentation
5858
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2020-TeachingModule-GeometricBehaviorOfLinearSysteModeling
This module concentrates on the geometric properties of a system of 2 linear, homogeneous first order differential equations in 2 variables as dictated by the corresponding eigenvalues. Students should be familiar with using eigenvalues.
module
linear systems
digoxin
Teaching Module
Modeling Scenario
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514
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0
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1-091-InvestigatingSlopeFields-ModelingScenario
Students will gain experience writing differential equations to model various population scenarios, they will create slope fields to view the solution curves using software, and they will discuss the behavior of the solution curves.
slope fields
population
Modeling Scenario
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370
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1-150-CancerTherapy-ModelingScenario
This activity builds upon elementary models on population growth. In particular, we compare two different treatment models of cancer therapy where in one, surgery happens before therapy and in the other, surgery happens after therapy.
population dynamics
phage therapy
exponential growth
cancer
water treatment
decay
surgery
Article or Presentation
701
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704
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0
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2020-TeachingModule-CarSuspension
The modeling activity on car suspensions assumes that students have grappled with second order linear homogeneous differential equations with constant coefficients.
module
suspension
car suspension
second order
Teaching Module
Modeling Scenario
372
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222
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0
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1-005C-OilSlick-ModelingScenario
We describe a modeling activity for Calculus I students in which modeling with difference and differential equations is appropriate.
Problem Solving
oil slick
spread
fitting
line
assumptions
Modeling Scenario
280
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291
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0
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6-006-ZombieGameHvZ-ModelingScenario
Invented in 2005, Humans vs. Zombies, or HvZ, is a game of tag, predominantly played at US college campuses. In this activity, students use systems of non-linear differential equations to model the HvZ game.
zombies
SIR models
Game
Modeling Scenario
470
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133
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0
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6-017-OncolyticViruses-ModelingScenario
Students explore oncolytic virotherapy using systems of differential equations and numerical simulations.
cancer
cancer-immune dynamics
immune suppressor drug
oncolytic virus
virotherapy
Article or Presentation
244
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532
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0
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2020-TeachingModule-ModelingNonlethalInfluenzaEpidemic
We discuss the modeling efforts and tools for success in modeling the spread of nonlethal influenza in an English boarding school
module
epidemic
boarding school
Teaching Module
Modeling Scenario
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185
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0
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1-125-DiceyPopulation-ModelingScenario
We offer students an opportunity to generate data for their team on a death and immigration model using 12 and 20 sided dice and then pass on the data to another student team for analysis with a model they built. The key is to recover the...
simulation
immigration
death
dice
Potential Scenario
205
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59
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0
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2003-Yildirim-Mackey-Feedback Regulation in the Lactose Operon
A mathematical model for the regulation of induction in the lac operon in Escherichia coli is presented.
mRNA
lactose
lactose operon
feedback regulation
Modeling Scenario
311
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411
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0
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1-139-PlantsVsHerbivores-ModeliongScenario
In this activity, students will apply a variety of techniques for analyzing nonlinear systems (e.g., nullclines, linearization, and technologies for drawing phase portraits) to study plant-herbivore models.
ecology
nullclines
herbivore
plant-herbivore interactions
plant
linearization
Modeling Scenario
226
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259
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0
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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.
Pop_Growth Pilot
logistic
comparment
tumor
synthetic data
sum of squares error
Modeling Scenario
295
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195
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0
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3-055-FloatingBox-ModelingScenario
In this scenario, we lead students through the process of building a mathematical model for a floating rectangular box that is bobbing up and down.
oscillation
Archimedes’ Principle
buoancy
oscillatory motion
Newton's Second Law
Modeling Scenario
352
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133
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0
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1-131-CaffeineElimination-ModelingScenario
We model the concentration of caffeine eliminated from the human body at a rate proportional to the concentration. This is a ``first-order reaction'' in the language of pharmacokinetics -- the study of how drugs move in the body.
caffeine
elimination
pharmacokinetics
drug
Article or Presentation
287
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571
downloads
0
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2020-Teaching Module-Applying Separation Of Variables
This is one of several Teaching Modules prepare by the Principal Investigates of SIMIODE’s National Science Foundation grant and offered in 2020. The material offered is a complete narrative of how a modeling activity can be offered including...
modules
Ebola
separation of variables
Teaching Modules
Separation
Potential Scenario
247
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80
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0
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2017-Floyd_Ballard-Dice Activities for DE Models
This document includes descriptions of four activities that are appropriate for a calculus or differential equations class, all using dice to motivate a differential equation model for a real-world scenario.
simulation
curve fitting
c
dice
collect data
class activities
analyze data
class activity
Potential Scenario
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72
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0
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2012-Lensyl-Urbano-The Draining of a Plastic Bottle-Integrating a Physics Experiment into Calculus
I punched a small hole (about 1mm radius) in a one gallon plastic bottle and had my students measure the rate at which water drained.
in-class activity
experiment
Torricelli's Law
cylinder of water
expderiment
Article or Presentation
236
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71
downloads
0
comments
2009-Brian_Winkel-Population_modelling_with_MandMs
Several activities in which population dynamics can be modeled by tossing M&M’s® candy are presented.
simulation
parameter estimation
immigration
death
difference equation
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