THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO
London
Ontario
Department of Applied Mathematics
Applied Mathematics 3911G/AM 9570B
An Introduction to Mathematical Modelling and Simulation
Course Outline Winter 2013-2014
• Instructor:
Pei Yu
Middlesex College Room 283
pyu@uwo.ca, ext. 88783
web: http://pyu1.apmaths.uwo.ca
• Text:
“An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods”, 2nd or 3rd edition,
H. Gould, J. Tobochnick and W. Christian, Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1996,
ISBN 0-8053-7758-1. (Recommend, not required)
Course notes and additional material will be available on the OWL website.
• Programming:
Using any computer language (C, C++, Java, R, etc.) or computer software package
(Matlab, Maple, etc) are acceptable.
• Evaluation:
6 assignments:
40%
3 quizzes worth 10% each:
30%
Major project:
30%
(Graduate students taking AM9570B need to read extra course materials,
and do extra assignment and quiz problems.)
• Classes:
Thursday 2:30 – 5:30 pm
Room TH-3102
• Office hours:
Wednesday, 3:30-5:30 pm
• Some topics/methods we may cover:
Random number generators
Random walks (RW)
Oscillatory systems
Normal modes and waves
Monte Carlo simulation: Ising model
Bifurcation and bifurcation control
Complex systems
Chaos control and chaos synchronization, fractal dimension
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Addendum to all Applied mathematics Course Outlines
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