Modelling the spread of an oil-slick with irregular information

• Autores: Brian Winkel
• Localización: International journal of mathematical education in science and technology, ISSN 0020-739X, Vol. 41, Nº. 8, 2010, págs. 1085-1096
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/0020739x.2010.500693
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• Resumen

  • We describe a modelling activity for students in a course in which modelling with differential equations is appropriate. We have used this model in our coursework for years and have found that it enlightens students as to the model building process and parameter estimation for a linear, first-order, ordinary differential equation. The activity also provides a lesson in 'knowing what to do when you do not know what to do.' [G. Polya, How to Solve It, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1945].