550.400 Mathematical Modeling and Consulting
Fall 2007



Syllabus Schedule



NOTES:

General Information

Instructor:  Beryl Castello TA:  Xumeng Cao
Email:  Mail Professor Castello Email:  Mail TA
Office: Whitehead 200 Office: Whitehead 211D
Office Hours: M,W 3:15-4:15pm Office Hours: M 6:30-7:30pm, W 7:00-8:00pm


Lectures and Sections

Students should attend all lectures and the scheduled section each week.

Lecture:  MTW 10am-11am Latrobe 107
Section 01:  Th 10am-11am Shaffer 300

Notes and Handouts



Homework Assignments

Case Studies



Assignment Due Date Solutions
Homework 1 Thursday, September 20, 2007 Answered Questions
Solutions
Homework 2
School Board Problem
For Figure 2.14
Logistic Modeling of Population Data
Thursday, September 27, 2007 Answered Questions
Busing Problem
Busing Spreadsheet
Population Problem
Population Spreadsheet
Homework 3
New Haven Study
Thursday, October 18, 2007 Answered Questons
Solutions
Homework 4
Runge Kutta Methods
predprey.m
Thursday, October 18, 2007 Answered Questons
Solutions
Homework 5 Thursday, October 25, 2007 Solutions
Homework 6
The Diet Problem
Model of Dieting
Single Equation Runge-Kutta Example
Thursday, November 15, 2007 Solutions
Simulations in Excel
diet.m
diet2.m
Homework 7 Thursday, November 29, 2007 Solutions
Simulation Results
MATLAB Code: No Shortages Model
MATLAB Code: Shortages Model
Homework 8 Monday, December 10, 2007 Answered Questions
Solutions



Case Studies



Assignment Due Date
Project I
Case Description
Technical Writing
Reports and Memos

Solution Summary
Monday, October 08, 2007
Project II
(All Handouts are on the Handouts page)
Monday, November 05, 2007
Project III
(All Handouts are on the Handouts page)
Monday, December 03, 2007
Project IV
(All Handouts are on the Handouts page)
Friday, December 14, 2007