MIT Department of Media Arts and Sciences
MAS.864: Nature Of Mathematical Modeling (Spring 2000)
Instructor: Neil Gershenfeld
How would you describe the flickering of a flame? The twinkling of
stars? A bowling ball hitting pins? The texture of an oil painting?
Melting ice? Traffic on Route 93 during rush hour? The sound of a
cello? The flight of a paper airplane? Breaking glass? The spread of a
rumor? A bowl of jello? Digital systems are routinely used to model
natural systems for purposes ranging from transmitting realities, to
experimenting with possibilities, to realizing fantasies. This course
will survey the useful levels of description for such mathematical
modeling, including analytical techniques, numerical methods, and
model estimation. The focus will be on understanding how the methods
interrelate, and on how they can be implemented efficiently.
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