Mathematical modelling courses for engineering education /
There is a gap between the mathematics taught to engineering students and the mathematics that engineers use in practice. The mathematics presented to undergraduates is often already in modelled form, there is always enough data, the solution is known, there is a preferred technique, and the student...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[1994]
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| Series: | NATO ASI series. Computer and systems sciences ;
no. 132. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | There is a gap between the mathematics taught to engineering students and the mathematics that engineers use in practice. The mathematics presented to undergraduates is often already in modelled form, there is always enough data, the solution is known, there is a preferred technique, and the students are expected to work by themselves. In practice the engineer will work on an ill-formulated problem and be expected to produce the model, will never have enough data, will never be perfectly sure if the solution is correct, and will be part of a team. Written by internationally renowned engineering scientists and researchers, this volume in the NATO Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology addresses this gap by discussing the design of modelling courses. Fluid flow and heat transfer serve as examples. |
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| Item Description: | "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division." "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Design of Mathematical Modelling Courses for Engineering Education, held in Izmir, Tukey, July 12-16, 1993"--Title page verso. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 246 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783662029770 (electronic bk.) 3662029774 (electronic bk.) |