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Forest Fire Simulation in MATLAB

Posted in Math is Everywhere, Mathematical Modeling, Mathematics, Software, Technology on November 18th, 2008 8 Comments »

In my Fall course of Math Models, I have three groups working on projects to finish up the semester.  One of the groups have an assignment to explore a model of the spread of a forest fire.  The assumptions are that the trees are on a rectangular grid, or a lattice.  The time is a [...]

Mathematical Modeling – eBourbaki

Posted in Classes, Mathematical Modeling on April 26th, 2008 2 Comments »

I have the most excellent privilege of teaching a course at Wayland in Mathematical Modeling.  The course is designed as a projects course where the majority of the semester is spent working on modeling projects.  The typical problem will take groups of 3 – 4 students anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks to solve.  They [...]