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Mathematical decision making [videorecording] : predictive models and optimization. by Stevens, Scott P.,author,lecturer.; Teaching Company,publisher.(CARDINAL)349444;
Bibliographical references included in course guidebook (pages 250-255).Lecturer: Scott P. Stevens, James Madison University.Not so long ago, executives faced with complex problems made decisions based on experience, intuition, and no small measure of luck. But now there's a better way. In recent decades, mathematics and computer science have perfected formerly top-secret techniques for predicting the best possible outcomes when faced with conflicting options. This field goes by different names--analytics, operations research, linear and nonlinear programming, management science--but its purpose is simple: to apply quantitative methods to help business managers, public servants, investors, scientific researchers, and problem solvers of all kinds make better decisions.DVD.
Subjects: Video recordings.; Decision making; Mathematical optimization.;
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In pursuit of the traveling salesman : mathematics at the limits of computation / by Cook, William,1957-(CARDINAL)388588;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224) and index."In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman covers the history, applications, theory, and computation of the traveling salesman problem right up to state-of-the-art solution machinery"--Provided by publisher."What is the shortest possible route for a traveling salesman seeking to visit each city on a list exactly once and return to his city of origin? It sounds simple enough, yet the traveling salesman problem is one of the most intensely studied puzzles in applied mathematics--and it has defied solution to this day. In this book, William Cook takes readers on a mathematical excursion, picking up the salesman's trail in the 1800s when Irish mathematician W. R. Hamilton first defined the problem, and venturing to the furthest limits of today's state-of-the-art attempts to solve it. Cook examines the origins and history of the salesman problem and explores its many important applications, from genome sequencing and designing computer processors to arranging music and hunting for planets. He looks at how computers stack up against the traveling salesman problem on a grand scale, and discusses how humans, unaided by computers, go about trying to solve the puzzle. Cook traces the salesman problem to the realms of neuroscience, psychology, and art, and he also challenges readers to tackle the problem themselves. The traveling salesman problem is--literally--a $1 million question. That's the prize the Clay Mathematics Institute is offering to anyone who can solve the problem or prove that it can't be done. In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman travels to the very threshold of our understanding about the nature of complexity, and challenges you yourself to discover the solution to this captivating mathematical problem"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Computational complexity.; Traveling salesman problem.;
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Peterson's graduate & professional programs 2020. by Peterson's (Firm : 2006- ),editor.(CARDINAL)553374;
Vol 1: Graduate & professional programs an Overview -- Vol 2: Graduate Programs in the biological/biomedical sciences & health-related medical professions -- Vol 3: Graduate Programs in Business, Eduction, information studies, law & social work -- Vol 4: Graduate Programs in engineering & applied sciences -- Vol 5: Graduate Programs in the humanties, arts, & social sciences -- Vol 6: Graduate Programs in the physical sciences, mathematics, agricultural sciences, the environment & natural resources."Peterson's® Graduate & Professional Programs 2020 contains more than 2,240 university and college profiles with detailed information on the degrees available, enrollment figures, tuition, financial support, housing, faculty, research affiliations, library facilities, and contact information. This graduate guide enables students to explore program listings by field, geographic area, institution, and over 500 fields of study. Two-page in-depth descriptions, written by each featured institution, give complete details on the graduate study available. Up-to-date appendixes list institution changes since the last edition and abbreviations used in the guide.
Subjects: Directories.; Universities and colleges; Universities and colleges; Universities and colleges; Universities and colleges;
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Mathematics : powerful patterns into nature and society / by Henderson, Harry,1951-(CARDINAL)766549;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-162) and index.How nature counts: Leonardo of Pisa discovers fibonacci numbers: Those useful Arabic numerals -- Practical mathematics -- Reviving mathematics in Europe -- Number theory -- Other mathematicians: Arab mathematicians -- Problem with rabbits -- Fibonacci numbers in nature -- Golden ratio -- Inner harmony? -- Parallels: Mathematics and Greek philosophy -- Leonardo's legacy -- Tools for pattern-finders: Karl Pearson and statistics: Roving mind -- Grammer of science -- Other scientists: Francis Galton -- Statistical tools -- Eugenics and the Galton Laboratory -- Issues: Evaluating experiments -- Issues: Political use of science -- Later life -- Surmises and simulations: John von Neumann puts the computer in play: Young genius in a brilliant city -- Finding a career -- Contributions to physics and mathematics -- Economics and game theory -- Issues: Von Neumann and "The Bomb" -- Need for speed -- Designing the digital computer -- Self-reproducing automaton -- Difficult fate -- Other scientists: Stanisław Ulam -- Delicate equilibrium: John Nash and game theory: "Diffferent" child -- Wayward path to math -- Life at Princeton-- Game theory and the Nash equilibrium -- Falling short -- I was there: Infuriating but so brilliant -- Breakdown -- In the shadowlands -- Connections: Math and madness? -- Long climb back -- Nobel triumph -- Endless structure: Benoît Mandelbrot opens the fractal portal -- Learning in the shadow of war -- Different mathematical path -- Mysterious clumps -- Chaos and fractals -- Mandelbrot set -- Finding applications -- Connections: Generating and applying fractals -- Other scientists: Christopher Scholz -- Popularizing fractals -- I was there: Ego or necessity? -- Achievements -- On butterfly wings: Edward Lorenz and chaos theory: Clouds and calculations -- Forecasting and meteorology -- New approach to weather -- Berserk computer? -- Limits of forecasting -- Trends: Weather forecasting today -- Demonstrations of chaos -- Strange attractors -- Other scientists: Mitchell Feigenbaum -- Chaos: A new paradigm? -- Achieving recognition -- Issues: Theories and fads -- Games of emergence: John H. Conway, "Life," and other pastimes: "I want to be a mathematician" -- Cambridge and "surreal numbers" -- Packed in 24 dimensions -- Puzzles and pastimes -- Game of life -- Life without end? -- Seriously weird? -- Other mathematicians: Martin Gardner -- Other mathematicians: William Gosper -- From cosmos to mind: Roger Penrose suggests hidden connections: Talented family -- Turning to mathematics -- Mathematical physics -- Black holes and hawking -- Twisted space and tricky tiles -- Other scientists: Stephen Hawking --Physics of consciousness -- Connections: Unifying relativity and quantum mechanics -- Is the mind a quantum computer? -- Issues: Penrose and his critics -- Major achievements -- Artificial evolution: Christopher Langton creates virtual life: Dilettante gets a computer -- Discovering "Life" -- Genetic programming -- In Von Neumann's footsteps -- "Langton Loop" -- Field without a name -- Virtual ant colony -- Parallels: Artificial life and computer animation -- Information is life -- Los Alamos Conference -- Connections: Artificial intelligence and artificial life -- Artificial life and consciousness -- A new kind of science? Stephen Wolfram and the universal automaton: Teenage physicist -- Computers at Caltech -- Studying cellular automata -- Mathematica -- Shortcut to complexity? -- Connections: Applying Wolfram's ideas -- Universal automaton -- A new kind of science? -- Issues: Is Wolfram's work pseudoscience? -- Assessing Wolfram's science -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Further resources -- Index.
Subjects: Mathematics.; Mathematics; Mathematics;
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Probability & statistics : how mathematics can predict the future / by Goldsmith, Mike,1962-author.(CARDINAL)420964;
Introduction -- Averages -- Odds -- Combinations and permutations -- What to expect -- Matters of life and death -- How long will you live? -- The shapes of data -- The normal distribution -- Bayes' amazing theorem -- The needle of change -- Seeing statistics -- Measures of spread -- Least squares -- Laplace's demon -- Error -- The average human -- Poisson's distribution -- Outliers -- Randomness -- Regression -- Correlation -- Skew -- Non-parametric statistics -- Compare and contrast -- Measuring confidence -- Tests and trials -- Fallacies -- Who makes your decisions?One of the hardest questions that mathematics teachers have to answer is "Why?" Schoolroom sums are crucial in learning the awesome power of mathematics, but they are often a world away from how the knowledge is applied and where it came from. Inside Mathematics: Probability & Statistics is there to fill that gap. What are the chances of that? Mathematics can solve that mystery for you using set of ideas that grew out of an aristocratic gambler's bafflement at betting on complex dice games. In stepped the mathematical giants of Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Pascal, who worked together to create what is now called probability theory. Gamblers need not rejoice this powerful theory; it shows that the casino always wins in the end. The ideas of probability have since found many better uses elsewhere. For example, they are at work in the mathematics that describes the quantum world and drives the push for artificial intelligence. The mathematics of chance is involved in understanding systems where a myriad data points combine. Statistics is the branch of mathematics that wrangles that data and tames it into meaningful knowledge. It then allows us to get ever better at modelling complex phenomena, from the formation of stars and the path of a hurricane to the rise and fall of the markets. Inside Mathematics: Probability and Statistics introduces the reader to these awesome mathematical powers by telling the stories of who figured them out. They include a cavalry officer hoping to reduce injuries from horse kicks, Charles Darwin's cousin who discovered that we make the best guesses when we work together, and computers that are built to program themselves. Written to engage and enthuse young people, Inside Mathematics shows readers how the ideas of long-dead geniuses have ended up in their homework assignments.
Subjects: Biographies.; Probabilities; Statistics; Mathematicians; Scientists; Discoveries in science;
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Applying models to the family planning programs of developing countries / by McLaughlin, Curtis P.(CARDINAL)122709; Carolina Population Center.(CARDINAL)151427;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Birth control;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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Math geek : from Klein bottles to chaos theory, a guide to the nerdiest math facts, theorems, and equations / by Rosen, Raphael(Raphael Philip)(CARDINAL)409529;
Shapes -- Behavior -- Patterns -- Special numbers."From manhole covers to bubbles to subway maps, each page gives you a glimpse of the world through renowned mathematicians' eyes and reveals how their theorems and equations can be applied to nearly everything you encounter."--Back cover.
Subjects: Mathematics.;
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Lines, bars and circles : how William Playfair invented graphs / by Becker, Helaine,author.(CARDINAL)663496; Tremblay, Marie-Ève(Neuroscientist),illustrator.(CARDINAL)412678;
"Born in Scotland more than 250 years ago, William Playfair was a dreamer who ?saw the world differently from other people.? Unfortunately, this difference sometimes got in the way of his success. Early on, as he attempted to apply his unique perspective to a series of career opportunities in order to gain ?riches! fame! glory!? he instead suffered one failure after another. Then, while writing a book about economics, Will's innovative vision inspired an idea that would set him apart: he created the first modern line graph. Next came a bar graph and later a pie chart. These infographic inventions provided a way for numbers to be seen as pictures, which made them easier to understand and to remember --- and thus changed the way the world would interact with data forever. "--820L
Subjects: Biographies.; Graphs.; Playfair, William, 1759-1823; Graphic methods; Graphic methods; Mathematical statistics; Mathematical statistics; Mathematics; Mathematics;
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The biggest number in the world : a journey to the edge of mathematics / by Darling, David J.,author.(CARDINAL)736932; Banerjee, Agnijo,author.(CARDINAL)417868;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230, 233-240)."We all know that numbers go on forever, that you could spend your life counting and never reach the end of the line, so there can't be such a thing as a 'biggest number.' Or can there? To find out, David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee embark on an epic quest, revealing the answers to questions like: are there more grains of sand on Earth or stars in the universe? Is there enough paper on Earth to write out the digits of a googolplex? And what is a googolplex? Then things get serious. Enter the strange realm between the finite and the infinite, and float through a universe where the rules we cling to no longer apply. Encounter the highest number computable and infinite kinds of infinity. At every turn, a cast of wild and wonderful characters threatens the status quo with their ideas, and each time the numbers get larger."--
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Mathematics; Infinite.;
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Questioned documents; a study of questioned documents with an outline of methods by which the facts may be discovered and shown / by Osborn, Albert S.(Albert Sherman),1858-1946.(CARDINAL)165509;
Bibliography: pages 483-488.1. Care of questioned documents -- 2. Classes of questioned documents -- 3. Standards of comparison -- 4. Photography and questioned documents -- 5. The microscope and questioned documents -- 6. Instruments and appliances -- 7. Movements, line quality, and alignment in writing -- 8. Pen position, pen pressure, and shading -- 9. Arrangement, size, proportions, spacing, and slant in writing -- 10. Writing instruments -- 11. Systems of writing and questioned documents -- 12. Variation in genuine writing -- 13. Individual and general characteristics in writing -- 14. Variety of forms in handwriting and mathematical calculations applied to questioned handwriting -- 15. Simulated and copied forgeries -- 16. Traced forgeries -- 17. Anonymous and disputed letters -- 18. Ink and questioned documents -- 19. Paper and questioned documents -- 20. Sequence of writing as shown by crossed strokes -- 21. Writing over folds in paper -- 22. Erasures and alterations in documents -- 23. Questioned additions and interlineations -- 24. Age of documents -- 25. A questioned document case in court -- Appendix.
Subjects: Forgery.; Writing; Legal photography.; Typewriting; Old State Library Collection.;
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