LEADER 00000cam a2200625Mi 4500 001 on1175763608 003 OCoLC 005 20200807180357.7 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 140917s2014 onc ob 000 0 eng d 016 |z20149065663 (print) 019 890957207|a900244349|a992507415|a1082706090|a1144743963 020 9780776621685|qpdf 020 0776621688 020 9780776621678|qepub 020 077662167X 020 9780776622101|q(paperback) 020 0776622102|q(paperback) 035 (OCoLC)1175763608|z(OCoLC)890957207|z(OCoLC)900244349 |z(OCoLC)992507415|z(OCoLC)1082706090|z(OCoLC)1144743963 037 22573/cttb2nkns|bJSTOR 040 SFB|beng|erda|cSFB|dOCLCO|dNLC|dEBLCP|dIDEBK|dP@U|dDEBSZ |dYDXCP|dCDX|dN$T|dJSTOR|dCOO|dCELBN|dAGLDB|dOTZ|dNRC |dMERUC|dIOG|dBUF|dVTS|dCEF|dINT|dSTF|dCNTRU|dUKAHL 049 RIDW 050 4 GR581|b.M38 2014eb 055 0 GR581|bM38 2014 072 7 SOC|x011000|2bisacsh 082 04 398.2101/51|223 090 QA63 245 00 Mathematical modelling of zombies /|cedited by Robert Smith? 264 1 Ottawa [Ontario] :|bUniversity of Ottawa Press,|c2014. 300 1 online resource 336 text|2rdacontent 337 computer|2rdamedia 338 online resource|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 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. 520 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. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Zombies|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh99001600|xMathematical models.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2002007921 650 7 Zombies.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1184595 650 7 Mathematical models.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1012085 655 0 Electronic books. 700 1 Smith?, Stacey,|d1972-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/no2012004813|eeditor. 730 0 Scholars Portal books. ACUP/APUC eBound.|5CaBVaS 776 08 |iPrint version|z9780776622101 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=916067|zOnline ebook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this ebook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20200810|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic MERGES 887|lridw 948 |d20160607|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID