MTH420 Mathematical Modeling

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Class Schedule:T,Th,F 2:30-3:45
Class Location:Duffy 220
Professor:Dr. Eugene Quinn
  equinn1@stonehill.edu
Office Hours:Office: Duffy 241


General Information Announcements Syllabus Projects Notes and Handouts Links Cool things

General Information

This page contains information relating to the senior capstone course, mathematical modeling.

Text: D.D. Mooney and R. J. Swift A Course in Mathematical Modeling (ISBN-13: 9780883857120)


Announcements

4/17/2013 Term project presentation schedule:
  • 4/19 Kristen
  • 4/23 Christina, Joshua, Danielle
  • 4/25 Eric, Lauren, Terry P
  • 4/26 Kelsey, Laura, Terry R
  • 4/30 Megan, Matt, Brad
  • 5/2 Jason, Patrick, Kyle
1/10/2013 Stonehill College is committed to providing all students equal access to learning opportunities. The Center for Academic Achievement is the campus office that works with students who have disabilities to provide and/or arrange reasonable accommodations. Students registered with The Center, who have a letter requesting accommodations, are encouraged to contact the instructor early in the semester. Students who have, or think they may have, a disability (e.g. psychiatric, attentional, learning, vision, hearing, physical, or systemic), are invited to contact The Center for Academic Achievement for a confidential discussion at 508-565-1208.


Links

ItemDescription
test.rTest R program
RThe R statistical computing language
PythonThe Python programming language
ActiveStateThe Python Cookbook
SimPyA python-based simulation package
GNU OctaveThe GNU Octave numerical computation language (similar to Matlab)
generating non-uniform random numbersLuc Devroye's monograph on non-uniform random number generation



Projects

Due DateProject


Notes and Handouts

DateDescription
3/19/13
Monday 3/11/13
  • JAGS cardiac surgery data example
  • JAGS pump failure data example
  • JAGS dyes data example
  • JAGS epileptic seizure data example
Friday 2/19/2013MH_invchiw.r Metropolis algorithm for inverse chi-square
Friday 2/15/2013Least squares data fitting II
Tuesday 2/12/2013Least squares data fitting (lsp1.csv)
Friday 1/25/2013Three compartment model project
Thursday 1/24/2013Two compartment blood alchohol model project
Tuesday 1/22/2013One compartment blood alchohol model project

Cool things

ItemDescription
montecarlo1.rSimple montecarlo integration example with R