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CMDA-3606: 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 differencee 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. III-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

Prerequisites: CMDA-3605

Required By: CMDA-4604, MATH-4176

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 32

Average GPA: 2.78 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 21.15%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.49%

Julianne Chung202134.6%28.5%17.6%12.3%4.7%2.3%2.787
Christopher A Beattie202128.3%36.8%23.2%8.1%2.3%1.3%2.776
Sturler Eric De201741.7%11.1%14.0%11.5%15.9%5.9%2.532
Mark P Embree202233.4%32.0%23.1%6.2%3.7%1.6%2.876
Agnieszka K Miedlar202319.3%26.7%23.8%7.7%10.3%12.2%2.472
Jeffrey T Borggaard202428.4%52.3%17.8%1.4%0.0%0.0%3.042
Yingda Cheng202329.4%8.8%32.3%20.6%8.8%0.0%2.281
Daniel E Appelo202319.5%33.2%22.2%11.1%8.3%5.6%2.511
Eric Ufferman202438.3%32.4%26.5%2.9%0.0%0.0%3.031
Jason R Wilson201829.7%54.0%5.4%5.4%5.4%0.0%2.941
Serkan Gugercin202345.9%23.9%14.8%11.5%2.4%1.6%2.973

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