Mathematical Modelling in Engineering & Human Behaviour 2018
Mathematical Modelling in Engineering & Human Behaviour 2018

Author: Lucas Jódar

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2019-04-15

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 3038978043

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This book includes papers in cross-disciplinary applications of mathematical modelling: from medicine to linguistics, social problems, and more. Based on cutting-edge research, each chapter is focused on a different problem of modelling human behaviour or engineering problems at different levels. The reader would find this book to be a useful reference in identifying problems of interest in social, medicine and engineering sciences, and in developing mathematical models that could be used to successfully predict behaviours and obtain practical information for specialised practitioners. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the new developments of applied mathematics in connection with epidemics, medical modelling, social issues, random differential equations and numerical methods.

Modeling the Interplay Between Human Behavior and the Spread of Infectious Diseases
Modeling the Interplay Between Human Behavior and the Spread of Infectious Diseases

Author: Piero Manfredi

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-01-04

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1461454743

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This volume summarizes the state-of-the-art in the fast growing research area of modeling the influence of information-driven human behavior on the spread and control of infectious diseases. In particular, it features the two main and inter-related “core” topics: behavioral changes in response to global threats, for example, pandemic influenza, and the pseudo-rational opposition to vaccines. In order to make realistic predictions, modelers need to go beyond classical mathematical epidemiology to take these dynamic effects into account. With contributions from experts in this field, the book fills a void in the literature. It goes beyond classical texts, yet preserves the rationale of many of them by sticking to the underlying biology without compromising on scientific rigor. Epidemiologists, theoretical biologists, biophysicists, applied mathematicians, and PhD students will benefit from this book. However, it is also written for Public Health professionals interested in understanding models, and to advanced undergraduate students, since it only requires a working knowledge of mathematical epidemiology.

Mathematical Modeling of Collective Behavior in Socio-Economic and Life Sciences
Mathematical Modeling of Collective Behavior in Socio-Economic and Life Sciences

Author: Giovanni Naldi

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-08-12

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 0817649468

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Using examples from finance and modern warfare to the flocking of birds and the swarming of bacteria, the collected research in this volume demonstrates the common methodological approaches and tools for modeling and simulating collective behavior. The topics presented point toward new and challenging frontiers of applied mathematics, making the volume a useful reference text for applied mathematicians, physicists, biologists, and economists involved in the modeling of socio-economic systems.

Mathematical Models of Perception and Cognition Volume II
Mathematical Models of Perception and Cognition Volume II

Author: Joseph W. Houpt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-05-20

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1317297482

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In this two volume festschrift, contributors explore the theoretical developments (Volume I) and applications (Volume II) in traditional cognitive psychology domains, and model other areas of human performance that benefit from rigorous mathematical approaches. It brings together former classmates, students and colleagues of Dr. James T. Townsend, a pioneering researcher in the field since the early 1960s, to provide a current overview of mathematical modeling in psychology. Townsend’s research critically emphasized a need for rigor in the practice of cognitive modeling, and for providing mathematical definition and structure to ill-defined psychological topics. The research captured demonstrates how the interplay of theory and application, bridged by rigorous mathematics, can move cognitive modeling forward.

Computational Modeling of Cognition and Behavior
Computational Modeling of Cognition and Behavior

Author: Simon Farrell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-02-22

Total Pages: 485

ISBN-13: 110710999X

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This book presents an integrated framework for developing and testing computational models in psychology and related disciplines. Researchers and students are given the knowledge and tools to interpret models published in their area, as well as to develop, fit, and test their own models.