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CMDA-3605: Mathematical Modeling: Methods and Tools

Description: 3605: Mathematical modeling with ordinary differential equations and difference equations. Numerical solution and analysis of ordinary differential equations and difference equations. Stochastic modeling, and numerical solution of stochastic differential equations. 3606: Concepts and techniques from numerical linear algebra, including iterative methods for solving linear systems and least squares problems, and numerical approaches for solving eigenvalue problems. Ill-posed inverse problems such as parameter estimation, and numerical methods for computing solutions to inverse problems. Numerical optimization. Emphasis on large-scale problems.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 33

Average GPA: 2.86 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 23.44%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 3.35%

Matthias Chung201729.7%28.3%26.9%3.7%4.3%7.1%2.845
Omar Saucedo202368.4%28.5%1.6%0.0%1.6%0.0%3.612
Nicole T Abaid202421.9%30.5%24.0%15.7%4.9%3.0%2.536
Steffen Wilhelm Richard Werner202440.6%31.9%17.3%5.8%2.9%1.5%2.962
Serkan Gugercin202131.0%30.7%14.1%11.2%8.1%4.9%2.705
Eric Ufferman202336.9%37.4%19.8%3.2%0.0%2.7%3.134
Jason R Wilson202131.3%40.2%18.4%4.6%4.2%1.3%2.886
Lauren M Childs202129.8%34.6%23.0%6.8%2.0%3.6%2.843

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