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Title Mathematical modelling of zombies / edited by Robert Smith?

Publication Info. Ottawa [Ontario] : University of Ottawa Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Foreword: I Ran with a Zombie / Andrew Cartmel -- Introduction: What can zombies teach us about mathematics / Robert Smith -- The Viral Spread of a Zombie Media Story / Robert Smith -- The Undead: A Plague on Humanity or a Powerful New Tool for Epidemiological Research? / Jane M. Heffernan and Derek J. Wilson -- When Zombies Attack! Alternate Ending / Phil Munz -- When Humans Strike Back! Adaptive Strategies for Zombie Attacks Bard Ermentrout and Kyle Ermentrout -- Increasing Survivability in a Zombie Epidemic / Ben Tippett -- How Long Can We Survive? / Thomas E. Woolley, Ruth E. Baker, Eamonn A. Gaffney and Philip K. Maini -- Demographics of Zombies in the United States / Daniel Zelterman -- Is It Safe to Go Out Yet? Statistical Inference in a Zombie Outbreak Model / Ben Calderhead, Mark Girolami and Desmond J. Higham -- The Social Zombie: Modelling Undead Outbreaks on Social Networks / Laurent Hébert-Dufresne, Vincent Marceau, Pierre-André e Noël, Antoine Allard and Louis J. Dubé -- Zombie Infection Warning System Based on Fuzzy Decision-Making / Micael S. Couceiro, Carlos M. Figueiredo, J. Miguel A. Luz and Michael J. Delorme -- Zombies in the City: A NetLogo Model / Jennifer Badham and Judy-anne Osborn -- An Evolvable Linear Representation for Simulating Policy in Zombie Outbreaks / Daniel Ashlock, Joseph Alexander Brown and Clinton Innes -- Baneling Dynamics in Legend of the Seeker / Gergely Röst -- The Zombie Swarm: Epidemics in the Presence of Social Attraction and Repulsion / Evelyn Sander and Chad M. Topaz -- Conclusion / Robert Smith -- Afterword / Robert Smith.
Summary Engages the imagination to illustrate the power of mathematical modelling. This book brings together a highly skilled team of contributors to fend off a zombie uprising. It helps you to learn how modelling can advise government policy, and how theoretical results can be communicated to a nonmathematical audience.
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Subject Zombies -- Mathematical models.
Zombies.
Mathematical models.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Smith?, Stacey, 1972- editor.
Added Title Scholars Portal books. ACUP/APUC eBound. CaBVaS
Other Form: Print version 9780776622101
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9780776621678 epub
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9780776622101 (paperback)
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