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3-013-WhiffleBallFall-ModelingScenario

Author(s): Brian Winkel

SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations

Keywords: Akaike Information Criterion resistance gravity Free Body Diagram force falling object Whiffle ball

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Resource Image We are given data on the time and position of a whiffle ball as it falls to the ground. We attempt to model the falling ball and we confront the different resistance terms and models.

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We are given data on time and position of a free falling whiffle ball from a university laboratory. We will make a mathematical model of this phenomenon and estimate the parameters in the model. We shall also compare the model's predictive power with the actual data.

We introduce a new way of comparing models, the Akaike Information Criterion, and apply it to our models.

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Author(s): Brian Winkel

SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations

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