For All Practical Purposes - Mathematical Literacy In Today's World

Informationen zum Autor COMAP! the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications! is a group of mathematicians and teachers dedicated to helping students learn by showing how mathematics is put to work in their lives. Klappentext This is the most effective and engaging textbook available for showing mathematics at work in areas with a direct impact on our lives. Designed for students from a non-maths background who think that mathematics is irrelevant! and for instructors who want to enliven their classes with active participation and reality based problem solving. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART 1: MANAGEMENT SCIENCESUrban ServicesBusiness EfficiencyPlanning and SchedulingOptimization: Finding the Best SolutionPART 2: STATISTICS: THE SCIENCE OF DATAExploring Data DistributionsExploring Data: RelationshipsData for DecisionsProbability: The Mathematics of ChancePART 3: VOTING AND SOCIAL CHOICESocial Dream: The Impossible DreamThe Manipulability of Voting SystemsWeighted Voting SystemsElecting the PresidentPART 4: FAIRNESS AND GAME THEORYFair DivisionApportionmentGame TheoryPART 5: THE DIGITAL REVOLUTIONIdentification NumbersManaging InformationPART 6: ON SIZE AND GROWTHGrowth and FormSymmetry and PatternsTilingsPART 7: YOUR MONEY AND RESOURCESSavings ModelsBorrowing ModelsThe Economics of Resources

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: COMAP, Not Available (NA)
• Collaboration: W H Freeman & Company (Editeur)
• Edition: Freeman, W.H. and Co
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 05.11.2005
• EAN: 9780716769019
• ISBN: 978-0-7167-6901-9
• Pages: 894
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Thèmes: WH Freeman; WH Freeman
• Catégorie: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Mathématiques > Général, dictionnaires