MATH 485/585-001 - Spring 2019 - Assignments
- Due Tuesday, January 15: Read the list of
Proposed Modeling Projects. Then fill out the form for
Student Profile. This information is collected in order to make teams that are as diverse as
possible. Teams will be finalized and will be posted on the Web Wednesday, January 16th. This is your first class assigmnet.
- Due Tuesday, Feb. 5th: Number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 of the homework problems at the end of my Notes on the N-Body Problem.
- First quiz on Tuesday, Feb. 5th.
Modelling Projects: In next two weeks, (before Feb 5th) are the time for the initial selecting process. You are supposed to take the reference list
of the initial paper(s) listed as a starting point to branch out to read other papers on the same subject. Then you should pick one paper among the ones you have looked (not necessarily the initial one(s) given).
You better take notes on the contents of each paper you read
and on why you decided to work with the particular one you chose. You
will need these notes in preparing you final report.
The first part of your final report will be a detialed description of
this selection process: You should report how many paper you read collectively, the rough contents of each of the papers, and your reason to pick the particular paper to work.
Roughly every group should read a total number anywhere between 10-15 papers.
The next phase of the project is for you to try to fully understand the contents of the paper of your selection (in about two weeks) and to reproduce the results of the paper
(in another two weeks or so).
- Due Tuesday, Feb 19th:
(1) pages 36-38, number 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
(2) pages 51-52, number 2, 3, 4
- Second quiz on Tuesday, Feb. 19th.
- Due Thursday, Feb 28th:
(1) pages 33-35, number 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10(4), 10(5), 10(6) (For 10(4), 10(5), 19(6): Local analysis)
(2)pages 84-85, number 1, 3, 4, 5
- Third quiz on Thursday, Feb 28th.
- Midterm Project Report: Due by the next class time after presentation
Midterm report should contain the following sections: (I) A list of the papers the entire group read collectively and their contents, and the reasons
for your
group to choice the particular one. (II) The over all contents of the paper chosen, and its main conclusions. (III) Detailed description of
the model and its anslysis. (IV) Reproduction of diagrams and simulation results of the paper. (V) Appendices, such as programs,
diagrams, etc, you think worth of submit. (VI) You also need to provided a list of references.
(I)-(IV) should be in total 8-10 pages (12pts., double space)
- Presentation Schedule
Presentation on March 12th. Fleet of Shared Autonomous Vehicles (Team IV)
Presentation on March 14th. Spread of Epidemics (Team VI)
Presentation on March 19th. Traffic Flow (Team II)
Presentation on March 21th. Dynamics of Bussiness Cycle Model (Team III)
Presentation on March 26th. Individual Projects (VII)
Presentation on March 28th. Predator-Prey Dynamics (Team I)
Presentation on April 2nd. Competing Species (Team V)
- Poster Session
Date: Reading Day, Thursday, May 2, 2019
Time: 10:00-11:15am May 2, 2019
Location: ENR2, room S107
Poster Due Time: 8:00am, April 26
Poster Registration and Submission:
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- HW4 Due Thursday, April 18th:
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- Fourth quiz on Thursday, April 18th.
- HW5 Due Tuesday, April 30th:
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- Fifth quiz on Tuesday, April 30th.
- Final Project Report: Due at the end of the poster session
Instructions on the Final Report: (I) You can use your midterm report as a base to write your final report. (II) You are asked to remove the section on the list of papers you read collectively as a team.
(III) You are asked to remove the discussion on future work in your mid-term report and to replaced it by a new section reporting in details what you did beyond the mid-term presentation. (IV) With such required adjustment of countents,
you are asked to go over your writing carefully to make sure nothing related to the removed contents sneak into your final report. Inconsistency in this respect would be a
clear indication that you did not diligently working on your final report therefore would likely to be costly. (V) The appropriate length of the final report is 12-15 pages (12pts., double space).