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1 Introduction to Problem Solving and Maple |
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1.2 Introduction to Maple |
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1.3 The Structure of Maple |
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1.4 General Introduction to Maple |
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1.6 Maple Applications Center |
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2 Introduction, Basic Concepts, and Techniques in Problem Solving with First-Order, Ordinary Differential Equations |
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2.2 Applied First-Order Differential Equations and Solution Methods |
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2.3 Slope Fields and Qualitative Assessments |
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2.4 Analytical Solution of First-Order Ordinary Differential Equations |
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2.5 First-Order Ordinary Differential Equations and Maple |
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2.6 Numerical Methods for First-Order Ordinary Differential Equations |
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3 Introduction, Basic Concepts, and Techniques in Problem Solving with Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations |
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3.1 Systems of Differential Equations |
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3.2 Applied Systems of Differential Equations |
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3.3 Phase Portraits and Qualitative Assessment |
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3.4 Solving Homogeneous and Nonhomogeneous Systems of ODEs |
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3.5 Numerical Solutions to Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations |
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4 Problem Solving with Linear, Integer, and Mixed Integer Programming |
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4.1 Formulating Linear Programming Problems |
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4.2 Understanding Two-Variable Linear Programming: A Graphical Simplex |
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4.3 Solving the Linear Program: The Simplex Method and Maple |
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4.4 Linear Programming with Maple's Commands |
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4.5 Sensitivity Analysis with Maple |
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4.6 Integer and Mixed Integer Problems with Maple |
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5 Model Fitting and Linear Regression |
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5.2 The Different Curve Fitting Criterion |
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5.3 Plotting the Residuals for a Least-Squares Fit |
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6 Statistical and Probabilistic Problem Solving with Maple |
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6.2 Basic Statistics: Univariate Data |
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6.3 Introduction to Classical Probability |
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6.4 Reliability in Engineering and Business |
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6.5 Case Study: Airlines Overbooking Model |
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6.6 Continuous Probability Models |
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6.7 The Normal Distribution |
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6.8 Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Testing |
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7 Problem Solving with Simulation |
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7.2 Monte Carlo Simulation |
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7.3 Probability and Monte Carlo Simulation Using Deterministic Behavior |
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7.4 Probability and Monte Carlo Simulation Using Probabilistic Behavior |
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7.5 Case Studies: Applied Simulation Models |
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Index |
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