MALAVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAIPUR.
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
SYLLABUS
MAT-666
Mathematical Modelling
4 Credits (3L+1T+0P)
What is a model? What is Mathematical modelling? Role of mathematics in
problem solving; Transformation from real world problem to real world
model and then to Mathematical Model; some illustrations of real world
problems;
Mathematical
formulation,
Dimensional
Analysis,
Scaling,
Validation,
Simulation,
Some
case
studies
with
analysis
(such
as
exponential growth and decay models, population models, Traffic flow
models, Optimization models) Projects.
Books:
1. D N P Murthy, N W Page, E Y Rodin, Mathematical Modelling , Pergamon
Press,(1990).
2 -Principles of Mathematical Modelling (2004)-Clive L. Dyne, Elsevier Publication
3 Mathematical Modelling –A case study approach (2005), AMS publication-R Illner, C Sean
Bohun, S McCollum, T van Roode
4. Mathematical Modelling- J. N. Kapur