| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Foreword: I Ran with a Zombie / Andrew Cartmel -- Introduction: What can zombies teach us about mathematics / Robert Smith -- The Viral Spread of a Zombie Media Story / Robert Smith -- The Undead: A Plague on Humanity or a Powerful New Tool for Epidemiological Research? / Jane M. Heffernan and Derek J. Wilson -- When Zombies Attack! Alternate Ending / Phil Munz -- When Humans Strike Back! Adaptive Strategies for Zombie Attacks Bard Ermentrout and Kyle Ermentrout -- Increasing Survivability in a Zombie Epidemic / Ben Tippett -- How Long Can We Survive? / Thomas E. Woolley, Ruth E. Baker, Eamonn A. Gaffney and Philip K. Maini -- Demographics of Zombies in the United States / Daniel Zelterman -- Is It Safe to Go Out Yet? Statistical Inference in a Zombie Outbreak Model / Ben Calderhead, Mark Girolami and Desmond J. Higham -- The Social Zombie: Modelling Undead Outbreaks on Social Networks / Laurent Hébert-Dufresne, Vincent Marceau, Pierre-André e Noël, Antoine Allard and Louis J. Dubé -- Zombie Infection Warning System Based on Fuzzy Decision-Making / Micael S. Couceiro, Carlos M. Figueiredo, J. Miguel A. Luz and Michael J. Delorme -- Zombies in the City: A NetLogo Model / Jennifer Badham and Judy-anne Osborn -- An Evolvable Linear Representation for Simulating Policy in Zombie Outbreaks / Daniel Ashlock, Joseph Alexander Brown and Clinton Innes -- Baneling Dynamics in Legend of the Seeker / Gergely Röst -- The Zombie Swarm: Epidemics in the Presence of Social Attraction and Repulsion / Evelyn Sander and Chad M. Topaz -- Conclusion / Robert Smith -- Afterword / Robert Smith |
| Summary |
Engages the imagination to illustrate the power of mathematical modelling. This book brings together a highly skilled team of contributors to fend off a zombie uprising. It helps you to learn how modelling can advise government policy, and how theoretical results can be communicated to a nonmathematical audience |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Zombies -- Mathematical models
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Smith?, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1972- editor
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| ISBN |
9780776621685 |
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0776621688 |
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9780776621678 |
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077662167X |
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9780776622101 |
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0776622102 |
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0977621677 |
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9780977621675 |
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