Publisher's Synopsis
This book, a compilation of the practical teaching experience of its team of authors, acknowledges the growing awareness that mathematics cannot be taught in isolation and incorporates material useful both to those experienced in mathematics and to those comimg new to the subject. It is also intended to help mathematics lecturers to incorporate applications in mathematical modelling into their existing courses, by means of its review of present methodology in problem solving, and by its new suggestions for the formulation stage of mathematical modelling.;At the same time, the work emphasizes the increasingly important role played by microcomputers in most classroom subjects, particularly in mathematical modelling courses.
