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3-090-OneSpringMass-ModelingScenario
We lead students through building a mathematical model for a single mass (bob)-spring system that is hanging vertically. We also lead the students, using data that they collect together with their model to approximate the value of the spring...
undamped
sum of square errors
mass spring
Hooke's Law
oscilation
least-squares approximation
Potential Scenario
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46
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1975-Rodda-Sampson-Smith-The One-Compartment Open Model Parameter Estimation
A new estimation procedure is proposed for estimating the parameters of the simplest pharmacokinetic model, the one-compartment open model.
compartment model
pharmacokinetics
nonlinear estimation
one compartment model
Modeling Scenario
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1-066-USCensusModeling-ModelingScenario
The United States Census, conducted every 10 years, gives data on the United States population, that can be modeled with the exponential, logistic, or Gompertz functions.
data
logistic
population
Gompertz
census
goodness of fit
Article or Presentation
150
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61
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0
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SIMIODE Spring 2024 Webinars - WikiModel
WikiModel is cloud-based application and requires no installation and is run via a web-browser to facilitate rapid implementation. Equations are typed in as they appear in a textbook. ODEs are automatically integrated via Runge-Kutta methods.
modeling
Software
tool
application
WikiModel
modeling cycle
Technique Narrative
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149
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0
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2-005-LinearizeItAll-TechniqueNarrative
Linear approximations are often used to simplify nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) for ease in analysis. The resulting linear approximation produces an ODE where closed form solutions may be obtained.
computation
error
Torricelli's Law
data fitting
linear approximation
Modeling Scenario
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318
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0
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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.
julia
Diffusion
innovation
rate of innovation
Bass model
Solver
Technique Narrative
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151
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0
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2-001-NumericalMethodsComparisons-TechniqueNarrative
This material teaches the basics of numerical methods for first order differential equations by following graphical and numerical approaches. We discuss the order of accuracy of the methods and compare their CPU times.
Euler's method
improved Euler's method
RK3 methods
RK4 methods
order of accuracy
absolute error
CPU time
Modeling Scenario
322
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220
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0
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1-102C-CancerGrowth-ModelingScenario
This module guides students in the use of differential equation models to predict cancer growth and study treatment outcomes. Several classical models for cancer growth are presented including exponential, power law, Bertalanffy, logistic, and...
optimization
cancer
logistic
exponential
prediction
tumor
growth
data fitting
power law
Bertanffy
Gompertz
Modeling Scenario
201
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91
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3-085-SimplePendulum-ModelingScenario
Thestudent is asked to derive and solve a differential equation that gives the position (angle
Newton's Second Law of Motion
pendulum
kinetic energy
potential energy
Conservation of Energyt
initial conditions
small angle approximation
Taylor polynomial
percent error
Modeling Scenario
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222
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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
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181
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3-064-GearTrain-ModelingScenario
Students model an input-output mechanical system of gears with a second order, non-homogeneous, ordinary differential equation with constant coefficients. The model incorporates friction and moments of inertia of the gear train components.
friction
gear
spur gear
gear train
torque
gear ratio
angular acceleration
angular velocity
moment of inertia
double reduction gear
Article or Presentation
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45
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0
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2015-Differential_Equations-CUPM_Curriculum_Guide_to_Majors_in_the_Mathematical _Sciences
This is a report from the working group charged with making recommendations for the undergraduate curriculum in differential equations.
differential equations
curriculum
CUPM
Modeling Scenario
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158
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0
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1-130-AspirinAbsorption-ModelingScenario
We model the amount of aspirin absorbed by the human body at a constant rate. This is a ``zero-order reaction'' in the language of pharmacokinetics -- the study of how drugs move in the body.
pharmacokinetics
drug
aspirin
Modeling Scenario
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113
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0
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1-143-PopulationModelVariationsMATLAB-ModelingScenario
Students will walk through a detailed derivation and review of basic population models (exponential and logistic) to create and understand variations of those models.
population dynamics
ecology
logistic growth
bifurcation theory
slope fields
extinction
harvesting
qualitative analysis
stocking
Potential Scenario
118
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69
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0
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2002-Fay-The Pendulum Equation
We investigate the pendulum equation q’’(t) + l2 sin(q) = 0 and two approximations for it.
pendulum
Fourier series
Taylor series
numerical solution
Potential Scenario
174
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33
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0
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2012-Greer-Palin-Students in Differential Equations and Epidemiology Model a Campus Outbreak of pH1N1
We describe a semester-long collaboration between a mathematics class and a biology class. Students worked together to understand and model the trajectory of the pandemic H1N1, pH1N1, outbreak across campus in fall 2009.
H1N1
pandemic
spread
outbreak
pH1N1
Technique Narrative
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0
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5-005-StiffDifferentialEquations-TechniqueNarrative
This material introduces the topic of ``stiffness'' for a system of ordinary differential equations (ODE's), through a series of examples. Stiffness is a property that a system of ODE's may posses that make it difficult to solve numerically.
Euler's method
explicit methods
implicit methods
stiff
sitffness
stiff differential equation
instability
Modeling Scenario
378
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288
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0
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1-061-PotatoCooling-ModelingScenario
We model the cooling of a baked potato and compare it to student-collected data.
least sum of square errors
Newton's Law of Cooling
cooling
potato
Modeling Scenario
200
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256
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0
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6-019-EnablingEpidemicExploration-ModelingScenario
We became aware of several interesting possibilities for a modeling opportunity with data and we invited you to explore the several routes to parameter estimation in a SIR model with respect to the data offered.
Akaike Information Criterion
Michaelis-Menten
epidemic
saturation
gradient
least sum of square errors
Modeling Scenario
670
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581
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0
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3-034-CarSuspension-ModelingScenario
We examine the spring-mass-dashpot that is part of a car suspension, how the ride is related to parameter values, and the effect of changing the angle of installation. We model a ``quarter car'', meaning a single wheel.
design
spring-mass-dashpot
spring constant
underdamping
car suspension
suspension tolerance
static equilibrium
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