Article that uses a humorous example (and MATLAB code) to introduce modeling of infectious diseases
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| 29 Sep 2011 | Gautam Vallabha |
"When Zombies Attack!: Mathematical modelling of an outbreak of zombie infection", by Philip Munz, Ioan Hudea1y, Joe Imad, and Robert J. Smith. In "Infectious Disease Modelling Research and Progress" (edited by J.M. Tchuenche and C. Chiyaka), pp. 133-150. An article that uses a humorous example of zombie infection to introduce concepts of mathematical models of infectious disease. Includes MATLAB code for modeling the spread of the infection. |
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| 24 Aug 2009 | Vincent |
While this article seems to be mainly written for entertainment purposes, it's still dead wrong in the way it models zombies, and all the conclusion that are derived result directly from the incorrectness of the model.
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| 21 Aug 2009 | Brad |
This is why we need engineers running the world. |
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| Tag | Applied By | Date/Time |
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| academic | MathWorks Classroom Resources Team | 29 Sep 2011 at 3:28pm |
| country ca | MathWorks Classroom Resources Team | 29 Sep 2011 at 3:28pm |
| language english | MathWorks Classroom Resources Team | 29 Sep 2011 at 3:28pm |
| technical literature | MathWorks Classroom Resources Team | 29 Sep 2011 at 3:28pm |
| biological and health sciences | MathWorks Classroom Resources Team | 29 Sep 2011 at 3:28pm |
| system modeling and simulation | MathWorks Classroom Resources Team | 29 Sep 2011 at 3:28pm |
| fun | Veer Singh | 20 Aug 2009 at 4:41pm |
| statistics | John Booker | 20 Aug 2009 at 1:05pm |
| fun | John Booker | 20 Aug 2009 at 1:05pm |