Model Validation
Read this material on mathematical modeling. Try to complete the exercise at the end of the chapters. Don't worry if you have not yet learned the math necessary to complete the exercises. Rather, notice how many physical systems can be represented by mathematical models. We can then implement these models using programming languages like Python and R. We will discuss those later. Think about the types of systems you interact with, personally or in business situations. How might you use a mathematical model to help you understand this system?
1. Introducing Mathematical Modelling
Why mathematical modelling?
Before you start to make a mathematical model, of course you first want to know what a mathematical model is and then you want to consider carefully why you would build one. What are the alternatives? When is a mathematical model a good tool to help solve a problem?
Source: Marleen Keijzer, Dennis den Ouden-vander Horst, and Kees Vuik, https://ocw.tudelft.nl/courses/mathematical-modeling-basics/
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