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1-018-S-LogisticPopGrowth
04 Jun 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Brian Winkel
We offer artificial (toy) and historical data on limited growth population situations in the study of protozoa and lead students through several approaches to estimating parameters and determining the validity of the logistic model in these situations.
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8-002-S-Text-TrigSumRepresentation
04 Jun 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Brian Winkel
Students discover how to represent functions as sums of trigonometric functions and the value of such representations in many fields.
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7-008-S-MachineReplacement
04 Jun 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Brian Winkel
Students build an differential equation model using a convolution for machine replacement strategies for two different machine failure models: (1) exponentially distributed failure (student exercise) and (2) fixed time replacement. We discuss all the necessary probability notions which...
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1-012-S-SublimationCarbonDioxide
03 Jun 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Brian Winkel
We offer data on the sublimation of dry ice (carbon dioxide) with data collected in a classroom setting so that students can model the rate of change in the mass of a small solid carbon dioxide block with a differential equation model, solve the differential equation, estimate the parameters in...
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1-009-S-ICUSpread
02 Jun 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Brian Winkel
We offer students the opportunity to model the percentage of voluntary nonprofit hospitals in the United States with Intensive Care Units during the period of 1958-1974.
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1-007-S-AntTunnelBuilding
31 May 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Brian Winkel
We pose the prospect of modeling just how long an ant takes to build a tunnel. With a bit of guidance students produce a model for the time it takes to build a tunnel of length x into the side of a damp sandy hill. SPANISH LANGUAGE VERSION We have placed in Supporting Docs both...
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1-002-S-Tossing
11 May 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Brian Winkel
We offer students simulation experience or data from a simulation and ask them to model the simulation using several approaches, to include exponential decay fit, difference equation, and differential equation.We add a Hand Out Working Version which can be used in class authored by Rachel ...