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Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 |
Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 13
Chapter 1 Overview
Module 1.1 Overview of Computational Science
Boeing. "Boeing 777 Program Information." http://www.boeing.com/commercial/777family/index.html
Collins, Francis S., et al. 1998. "New Goals for the U.S. Human Genome Project: 1998-2003." Science, Vol. 282 (October 23): 682-689.
Helly, John, et al., eds. "The State of Computational Ecology." San Diego Supercomputer Center. http://www.sdsc.edu/compeco_workshop/report/helly_publication.html
Koshimura, Shunichi and Harold O. Mofjeld. 2001. "Inundation Modeling of Local Tsunamis in Puget Sound, Washington, Due to Potential Earthquakes." ITS 2001 Proceedings, Session 7, Number 7-18.
Masood, Ehsan. 1998. "UK Seeks Physicists for Environmental Research." Nature, Vol. 393 (June 4): 400.
Perelson, Alan S., and Patrick W. Nelson. 1999. "Mathematical Analysis of HIV-1 Dynamics in Vivo." SIAM REVIEW, Vol. 41, No. 1: 3-44.
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. 1997. "Getting Ready for the Big One." http://www.psc.edu/science/Bielak97/bielak97.html
---. 2001. "Pittsburgh System Marks a Watershed in Weather Prediction." News Release December 4, 2001. http://www.psc.edu/publicinfo/news/2001/weather-12-04-01.html
Rose, Adam, and Shu-Yi Liao. "Modeling Regional Economic Resiliency to Earthquakes: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Lifeline Disruptions." Public Works Research Institute. http://www.pwri.go.jp/eng/ujnr/joint/34/paper/24rose.pdf
Module 1.2 The Modeling Process
Esteva, Lourdes, and Cristobal Vargas. 1999. "A Model For Mengue Disease with Variable Human Population," J. Math. Biol., Vol. 38: 220-240. http://147.46.94.112/e_journals/pdf_full/journal_j/j28_380302.pdf
Giordano, Frank R., Maurice D. Weir, and William P. Fox. 2003. A First Course in Mathematical Modeling. 3rd ed. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole-Thompson Learning.
Greenwood Genetics Center. "Welcome to the GGC." http://www.ggc.org/
Human-Technology Interaction Center. "HTIC." The University of Oklahoma. http://www.ou.edu/HTIC/
Marsden, Jerrold. "Control and Dynamical Systems." California Institute of Technology. http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~marsden/
Voinov, Alexey Arkady. "Model Classifications." Course notes for CS 295 Computer Simulation and Modeling, University of Vermont, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, 2003. http://www.uvm.edu/giee/AV/CS/class2.1.html (accessed March 20, 2005).
Weldon, T. P., Y.A. Gryazin, and M.V. Kibanov. 2001, "Novel Inverse Methods in Land Mine Imaging." IEEE International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing 2001 (ICASSP 2001). Salt Lake City, UT, May 7-11, 2001. http://wws2.uncc.edu/tpw/papers/icassp01.pdf
Chapter 2 Fundamental Considerations
Module 2.1 Computational Toolbox—Tools of the Trade: Tutorial 1
Module 2.2 Errors
Arnold, Douglas N. 2000. "The Patriot Missile Failure." University of Minnesota, August 23. http://www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold/disasters/patriot.html
Darden, Lindley. 1998. "The Nature of Scientific Inquiry." University of Maryland, College Park. http://www.philosophy.umd.edu/Faculty/LDarden/sciinq/.
Gleick, James. "Sometimes a Bug Is More Than a Nuisance." http://www.around.com/ariane.html
Panoff, Robert. 2004. National Computational Science Institute Workshop on Computational Science at Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Module 2.3 Rate of Change
Hughes-Hallet, Deborah, Andrew M. Gleason, William G. McCallum, et al. 2004. Single Variable Calculus. 3rd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Module 2.4 Fundamental Concepts of Integral Calculus
Higham, Thomas. "The 14C Method." http://www.c14dating.com/int.html
Hughes-Hallet, Deborah, Andrew M. Gleason, William G. McCallum, et al. 2004. Single Variable Calculus. 3rd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Mahaffy, Joseph M. "Math 122 - Calculus for Biology II." San Diego State University. http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~jmahaffy/courses/f00/math122/labs/labe/q3v1.htm.
Chapter 3 System Dynamics Problems with Rate Proportional to Amount
Module 3.1 System Dynamics Tool: Tutorial 1
Module 3.2 Unconstrained Growth and Decay
Zill, Dennis G. 2001. A First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications. 7th ed. Pacific Grove, California: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
Module 3.3 Constrained Growth
Meyer, Perrin S. and Jesse H. Ausubel. 1999. "Carrying Capacity: A Model with Logistically Varying Limits." Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 61(3): 209-214.
Reinecke, Kenneth J. Personal communication. USGS, Pantuxent Wildlife Research Center.
Zill, Dennis G. 2001. A First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications. 7th ed. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.: 134-135.
Module 3.4 System Dynamics Tool : Tutorial 2
Module 3.5 Drug Dosage
Fisher, Diana M. 2001. Lessons in High School Mathematics, A Dynamic Approach. Hanover, N.H.: High Performance Systems.
Fitzgerald, Walter L. Jr. and Dennis B. Wilson. 1998. "Medication errors: Lessons in law." Drug Topics, January 19, 1998. http://www.drugtopics.com/be_core/MVC (accessed June 24, 2003).
Hospital Pharmacy Reporter. February 1998.
Khorasheh, Farhad, Amir Mahbod Ahmadi, and Abbas Gerayeli. 1999. "Application of Direct Search Optimization for Pharmacokinetic Parameter Estimation." J Pharm Pharmaceutical Science 2(3): 92-98. http://www.ualberta.ca/~csps/JPPS2(3)/F.Khorasheh/application.htm.
Makoid, Michael C. Basic Pharmacokinetics, 1996-2000. http://pharmacy-creighton.edu/pha443/pdf/ (accessed June 25, 2003).
Pharmacy Network Group. "Pharmacy Network Group Home Page." http://www.pharmacynetworkgroup.com/ (accessed June 24, 2003).
Robert, Teri. 2004. "Teenager Dies from Acetaminophen Overdose." Your Guide to Headaches/Migraine, About, Inc. http://headaches.about.com/cs/medicationsusage/a/acet_death.htm. Source for this web article: "Teenage Accidentally Overdoses On Over-The-Counter Analgesic," July 2, 2003. http://TheAssociatedPress.ChannelOklahoma.com
Virtual Nurse Communications. "Virtual Nurse Communications Home Page." http://www.virtualnurse.com (accessed June 24, 2003).
Chapter 4 Force and Motion
Module 4.1 Modeling Falling and Skydiving
Aber, James S. and Susan W. 2003. "High-altitude Kite Aerial Photography," Kite Aerial Photography, April. http://www.geospectra.net/kite/weather/h_altit.htm
Bates, Jim. "The World of Parachutes, Parachuting, and Parachutists." Aero.com. http://www.aero.com/publications/parachutes/9511/pc1195.htm
Benson, Tom. "Earth Atmosphere Model." NASA Glenn Learning Technologies Project, Glenn Research Center. http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/
Cislunar Aerospace, Inc. 1997. "Vehicles - Parachutes - Advanced." The National Business Aviation Association, http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Vehicles/advanced/parachutes-01.html
Col, Jeananda. 2000. "Undersea-Related Inventors and Inventions." EnchantedLearning.com. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/undersea.shtml
Diamond, J. 1989. "How Cats Survive Falls from New York Skyscrapers." Natural History (August, 1989): 20-26.
Glenn Elert, ed. 2002. "Speed of a Skydiver (Terminal Velocity)." The Physics Factbook, 2002. http://hypertextbook.com/facts/JianHuang.shtml
Schecker, H.P. 1996. "Modeling Physics, System Dynamics in Physics Education." The Creative Learning Exchange (newsletter), Vol. 5, No. 2: 1-8.
Uscher, Jennifer. 2000. "Deep-Sea Machines." NOVA Online, October. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/abyss/frontier/deepsea.html
Weisstein, Eric. 2003. "Eric Weisstein's World of Physics." Wolfram Research. http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/
Zill, Dennis G. 2001. A First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications. 7th ed. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
Module 4.2 Modeling Bungee Jumping
Danby, J. M. A. 1997. Computer Modeling: From Sports to Spaceflight...From Order to Chaos. Richmond, Va.: Willmann-Bell.
Higdon, Don, Bud Rorison, Allen Skinner, and Charlotte Trout. 2001. "Modeling Oscillatory Systems: Physics Component." Building the Other Models, Teacher Notes, National Computational Science Leadership Program, July 2001. http://www.ncsec.org/team13/science/buildext.htm
The MathWorks. 2005. "Problem: The math behind bungee jumping." The MathWorks. http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_center/homework/matlab/physics_problem1.html
Menz, Paul G. 1993. "The Physics of Bungee Jumping." Bungee.com. http://www.bungee.com/bzapp/press/pt.html. Originally from The Physics Teacher Vol. 31, No. 8 (November).
Weisstein, Eric. 2003. "Eric Weisstein's World of Physics." Wolfram Research. http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/
Zill, Dennis G. 2001. A First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications. 7th ed. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
Module 4.3 Tick Tock—The Pendulum Clock
Bellis, Mary. 2003. "The Invention of Clocks Part 3: Mechanical Pendulum Clocks and Quartz Clocks." About, Inc., 2003. http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa072801a.htm
Boyd, Thomas M. 2002. "Pendulum Measurements." Colorado School of Mines, 2002. http://www.mines.edu/fs_home/tboyd/GP311/MODULES/GRAV/NOTES/pend.html (accessed May 15, 2003).
Brain, Marshall. 2002. "How Pendulum Clocks Work." HowStuffWorks, Inc. http://science.howstuffworks.com/clock.htm
Danby, J. M. A. 1997. Computer Modeling: From Sports to Spaceflight...From Order to Chaos. Richmond, Va.: Willmann-Bell: 408.
Encyclopedia Britannica. 2000. "Pendulum Clock." Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/clockworks/pendulum.html (accessed May 18, 2003).
Jack, Trevor and Stephanie Kerr. 2002. "Pendulum Motion." Albertson College of Idaho. http://www.albertson.edu/physics/PHY271_F01/Projects-2002/Pendulum/Pendulum Motion Page.htm (accessed May 24, 2003).
Osinga, Hinke. 1999. "The classical pendulum." California Institute of Technology. http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~hinke/courses/CDS280/pendulum.html
Weisstein, Eric. "Simple Pendulum." "Eric Weisstein's World of Physics," Wolfram Research, Inc., 2003. http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/SimplePendulum.html
Module 4.4 Up, Up, and Away—Rocket Motion
Culp, Randy. "Rocket Simulations." http://my.execpc.com/~culp/rockets/rckt_sim.html
---. "East Coast Model Center Engine Specifications." Estes Catalog. http://my.execpc.com/~culp/rockets/estes_spec.html
Danby, J. M. A. 1997. Computer Modeling: From Sports to Spaceflight...From Order to Chaos. Richmond, Va.: Willmann-Bell.
Dvir, Tal. 2003. "Four decades after Gagarin, China finally reaches for the stars." Telegraph Newspaper Online, May 10. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/05/wspace05.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/10/05/ixportal.html
Lethbridge, Cliff. 2000. "History of Rocketry Chapter 1: Ancient Times Through the 17th Century." Spaceline. http://www.spaceline.org/history/1.html
NASA Aeronautics Resources. "Brief History of Rockets." NASA. http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/Rockets/history_of_rockets.html
National Association of Rocketry. "Standard Motor Codes." http://www.nar.org/NARmotors.html
Ratliff, Lisa, Larry Storm, James Blattman, and Gae McGibbon. "Rocketry: Modeling and Models." Computational Science in Education, National Computational Science Education Consortium. http://www.ncsec.org/cadre2/webview.cfm?menu1.1&team=14&cadre=2
Schombert, James. 2003. "Roots of Rocketry." University of Oregon. http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/space/lectures/lec01.html
Wallace, Sherry. "Solar Electric Propulsion Fundamental Physics." NASA In-Space Propulsion Technologies. http://www.inspacepropulsion.com/tech/solar_elec_physics.pdf
Weisstein, Eric. 2003. "Eric Weisstein's World of Physics." Wolfram Research. http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/
Chapter 5 Simulation Techniques
Module 5.1 Computational Toolbox—Tools of the Trade: Tutorial 2
Module 5.2 Euler's Method
Burden, Richard L. and J. Douglas Faires. 2001. Numerical Analysis. 7th ed. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
Danby, J. M. A. 1997. Computer Modeling: From Sports to Spaceflight...From Order to Chaos. Richmond, Va.: Willmann-Bell.
Woolfson, M. M. and G. J. Pert. 1999. An Introduction to Computer Simulation. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
Zill, Dennis G. A First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications. 7th ed. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
Module 5.3 Runge-Kutta 2 Method
Burden, Richard L. and J. Douglas Faires. 2001. Numerical Analysis. 7th ed. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
Danby, J. M. A. 1997. Computer Modeling: From Sports to Spaceflight...From Order to Chaos. Richmond, Va.: Willmann-Bell.
Woolfson, M. M. and G. J. Pert. 1999. An Introduction to Computer Simulation. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
Zill, Dennis G. A First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications. 7th ed. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
Module 5.4 Runge-Kutta 4 Method
Burden, Richard L. and J. Douglas Faires. 2001. Numerical Analysis. 7th ed. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
Danby, J. M. A. 1997. Computer Modeling: From Sports to Spaceflight...From Order to Chaos. Richmond, Va.: Willmann-Bell.
Woolfson, M. M. and G. J. Pert. 1999. An Introduction to Computer Simulation. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
Zill, Dennis G. A First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications. 7th ed. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
Chapter 6 System Dynamics Models with Interactions
Module 6.1 Competition
Holway, David A. 1999. "Competitive Mechanisms Underlying the Displacement of Native Ants by the Invasive Argentine Ant." Ecology, Vol. 80, No. 1: 238-251
Hunter, Molly E. and Eric S. Menges. 2002. "Allelopathic Effects and Root Distribution of Ceratiola ericoides (Empetraceae) on Seven Rosemary Scrub Species." American Journal of Botany Vol. 89, no. 7: 1113-1118.
Smith, Robert L. and Thomas M. Smith. 2001. Ecology and Field Biology. 6th ed. San Francisco, Calif.: Benjamin Cummings Publishing Co.
Tilman, D. 1980. "Resources: A Graphical-Mechanistic Approach to Competition and Predation." American Naturalist, 116: 362-393.
Module 6.2 Spread of SARS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Updated Interim U.S. Case Definition for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)." Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Diphtheria." Department of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases. http://www.cdc.gov/
Epidemiology and Disease Control Program. "Strep Throat Fact Sheet." Community Health Administration, Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. http://www.edcp.org/factsheets/strepthr.html
Kermack, W. O., and A. G. McKendrick. 1927. "A Contribution to the Mathematical Theory of Epidemics." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series A, Vol. 115, No. 772 (August 1): 700-721.
Lipsitch, Marc, et al. 2003. "Transmission Dynamics and Control of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome." Scienceexpress Report, May 23. http://www.scienceexpress.org/23 May 2003/Page 1/10.1126/science.1086616.
Mayo Clinic Staff. 2002. "Mumps." Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, August 5. http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00125
Murray, J. D. 1989. Mathematical Biology. New York: Springer-Verlag.
NCSLP (National Computational Science Leadership Program). "Influenza Epidemic in a Boarding School." The Shodor Educational Foundation, Inc. http://www.shodor.org/ncslp/talks/basicstella/sld009.htm
Project SUCCEED. "CASE STUDY: Influenza Epidemic in a Boarding School." The Shodor Educational Foundation, Inc. http://www.shodor.org/succeed/models/flu/case/index.html. Original from Murray, J.D. Mathematical Biology. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1989.
van Genugten, Marianne L.L., Marie-Louise A. Heijnen, and Johannes C. Jager. 2003. "Pandemic Influenza and Healthcare Demand in the Netherlands: Scenario Analysis." Emerging Infectious Diseases 9(5), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/453679
WHO (World Health Organization). "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome." The United Nations. http://www.who.int/topics/sars/en/
Module 6.3 Enzyme Kinetics
Becker, Wayne M., Lewis J. Kleinsmith, and Jeff Hardin. 2003. The World of the Cell. 5th ed. San Francisco, Calif.: Benjamin Cummings: 140-145.
Garrod, Archibald E. 1902. The incidence of alkaptonuria: A study in chemical individuality. Lancet, ii:1616-1620.
Garrod, Archibald. 1923. Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Second Edition. London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton.
Danby, J.M.A. 1997. Computer Modeling: From Sports to Spaceflight...From Order to Chaos. Richmond, VA: Willmann-Bell: 351-367.
Kimball, John W. 2003. "Enzyme Kinetics." Kimball's Biology Pages. http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/E/EnzymeKinetics.html.
Paul, Carol Ann. 1999. "Enzyme Kinetics." Wellesley College. http://www.wellesley.edu/Biology/Concepts/Html/enzymekinetics.html
Module 6.4 Predator-Prey Models
Bagheera. "Keystone Species." In the Wild: Spotlight. http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/spot_spkey.htm. (accessed May 24, 2003).
Danby, J.M.A. 1997. Computer Modeling: From Sports to Spaceflight...From Order to Chaos. Richmond, Va: Willmann-Bell: 99-119.
Greenwood, Raymond N. 1983. "Whales and Krill: A Mathematical Model." UMAP Module 610, COMAP.
Heights Productions, Inc. 2002. Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy, China. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/countries/cn/cn_full.html
Holling, C. S. 1959. "The components of predation as revealed by a study of small-mammal predation of the European pine sawfly." Canadian Entomologist 91: 293-320.
Meerschaert, Mark M. 1993. Mathematical Modeling. Boston, Mass: Academic Press: 115, 181.
Otter Project. "The Otter Project." The Otter Project, Inc. http://www.otterproject.org/ (accessed May 24, 2003).
Paine, R.T. 1966. "Food Web Complexity and Species Diversity." American Naturalist, Vol. 100: 65-75.
---. 1969. "The Pisaster-Tegula interaction: Prey patches, predator food preference and intertidal community structure." Ecology Vol. 50, No. 6: 950-961.
Module 6.5 Modeling Malaria
Bradley, Titus. "Biology of Plasmodium Parasites and Anopheles Mosquitoes.", Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Leicester. http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/224/Bradley/Biology.html
Carroll, Rory. 2001. "Skeleton Find Links Malaria to Fall of Rome." The Guardian, February 21. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/02/0221_malariarome.html
Coutsoukis, Photius. 1999. "Malawi People." http://www.photius.com/wfb1999/malawi/malawi_people.html
McConnell, Bill. 2000. "History of Malaria." RPH Laboratory Medicine 1998-2000. http://www.rph.wa.gov.au/labs/haem/malaria/history.html
NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases). "Life Cycle." National Institute of Health. http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/malaria/life.htm
NetMark. "Key Issues-Malaria." NetMark Plus. http://www.netmarkafrica.org/keyissues/factsheet_problem.html
Southern Africa Malaria Control. "Country Profiles: Malawi." http://www.malaria.org.zw/countries/malawi.htm
---. "Southern Africa Malaria Control: Southern Africa Frontline for Taking Aim & Rolling Back Malaria in Southern Africa." http://www.malaria.org.zw
Wiser, Mark F. "Malaria." http://www.tulane.edu/~wiser/notes/malaria.html#relapse (accessed March 12, 2003).
WHO (World Health Organization). The United Nations. http://www.who.int
Chapter 7 Additional Dynamic Systems Projects
Module 7.1 Radioactive Chains—Never the Same Again
Horelick, Brindell, and Sinan Koont. 1979 and 1989. "Radioactive Chains: Parents and Children." UMAP Module 234. COMAP, Inc.
Module 7.2 Turnover and Turmoil—Blood Cell Populations
Gearhart, William B., and Mario Martelli. 1990. "A Blood Cell Population Model, Dynamical Diseases, and Chaos." UMAP Module 709. COMAP, Inc.
Lasota, A. 1977. "Ergodic problems in biology." Astérisque (Societe Mathematique de France) 50: 239-250.
Mackey, M.C., and L. Glass. 1977. Oscillation and chaos in physiological control systems. Science 197: 287-89.
Module 7.3 Deep Trouble—Ideal Gas Laws and Scuba Diving
American Dive Center. "Dive Tables." From "Deep Diver Independent Learning Course," American Dive Center, 1996-2002. http://www.americandivecenter.com/deep/preview/pd04.htm
Baker, Erik C. "Some Introductory 'Lessons' About Dissolved Gas Decompression Modeling." KISS Rebreather Training. http://www.rebreather.ca/Introductory Deco Lessons.pdf
Deep Ocean Diving. 2003. "Decompression Theory—Neo-Haldane Models." Diving Science. http://www.deepocean.net/deepocean/science03.php
de Lara, Michel. 2002. "Diving into Mathematics or Some Mathematics of Scuba Diving." 2002. École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussés. http://cermics.enpc.fr/~delara/plongee/math_diving/math_diving.html
Martin, Lawrence. 1997. "An Explanation of Pressure and the Laws of Boyle, Charles, Dalton, and Henry." Scuba Diving Explained, Section D. http://www.mtsinai.org/pulmonary/books/scuba/sectiond.htm
NOAA Satellite and Information Service. 2004. "Coastal Water Temperature Guide." NOAA-NESDIS-National Oceanographic Data Center http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/.
U.S. Navy Diving Manual. 2004. "SCUBA Diving: Water Entry and Descent." Wet Dawg: Global Headquarters for Adventure Water Sports. http://www.wetdawg.com/pages/under_tips_display.php?t=247&c=33
Module 7.4 What Goes Around Comes Around—The Carbon Cycle
Allmon, Warren, Bryan Isacks, and William White. 2004. "Modeling the Carbon Cycle." Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University. http://www.geo.cornell.edu/eas/education/course/descr/EAS302/302_04Lab12.pdf
Houghton, R. A., J. L. Hackler, and K. T. Lawrence. 1999. "The U.S. Carbon Budget: Contributions from Land-Use Change." Science 285: 574-578.
Mersereau, Martha, and Anna Zareba-Kowalska. 1997. "Changes in the Carbon Cycle Due to Deforestation and Fossil Fuel Consumption in the U.S. Using Stella Modeling." The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/environment/institutes/1997/26/
Module 7.5 A Heated Debate—Global Warming
Allmon, Warren, Bryan Isacks, and William White. "Modeling the Carbon Cycle." Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University. http://www.geo.cornell.edu/eas/education/course/descr/EAS302/302_03Lab12.pdf (accessed April 25, 2003).
Bice, Dave. "Carbon Cycle Processes." Exploring the Dynamics of Earth Systems, a guide to constructing and experimenting with computer models of Earth systems using STELLA, Carleton College. http://www.acad.carleton.edu/curricular/GEOL/DaveSTELLA/Carbon/c_cycle_processes.htm
Bothun, Greg. 1998. "Greenhouse Effect." University of Oregon. http://zebu.uoregon.edu/1998/es202/113.html
Claussen, Eileen. 2002. "Climate Change: Myths and Realities." Swiss Re Conference, Emissions Reductions: Main Street to Wall Street. New York: July 17. http://www.pewclimate.org/press_room/speech_transcripts/transcript_swiss_re.cfm
Etheridge, D. M., L. P. Steele, R. J. Francey and R. J. Langenfelds. 1998. "Atmospheric Methane Between 1000 A.D. and Present: Evidence of Anthropogenic Emissions and Climatic Variability." Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, (D13)m: 15979-15993.
Gow, Tracy, and Michael Pidwirny. 1996. "Greenhouse Effect." Land Use and Environmental Change in the Thompson-Okanagan, October. http://royal.okanagan.bc.ca/mpidwirn/atmosphereandclimate/greenhouse.html
Heywood, N. C. "Energy & Heat." 1998. University of Wisconsin, Stephens Point. http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/heywood/GEOG101/energyhe/
IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). 2001. "Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report - Summary for Policymakers." IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), Working Group One, Third Assessment Report, Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. http://www.ipcc.ch/pub/un/syreng/spm.pdf
Kremer, Michael. 1993. "Population Growth and Technical Change, One Million B.C. to 1990." Quarterly Journal of Economics, 108: 3 (August): 681-716.
Lawrimore, Jay. 2004. "Greenhouse Gases." National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/gases.html
Li, Zuotao. "The Greenhouse Effect and Enhanced Greenhouse Effect." George Mason University. http://www.science.gmu.edu/~zli/ghe.html
Schlesinger, William H. 2001. "The Carbon Cycle: Human Perturbations and Potential Management Options." Global Climate Change: The Science, Economics and Policy Symposium, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, April 6. http://www.soc.duke.edu/~pmorgan/Schlesinger.htm
Waple, Anne. 2004. "Global Warming." National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
Module 7.6 Cardiovascular System—A Pressure Filled Model
Blumenthal, Donald K. 1998. "Introduction to Cardiovascular Pharmacology." University of Utah. http://lysine.pharm.utah.edu/netpharm/netpharm_00/notes/introcv.htm
Cheatham, Michael L. 2002. "Hemodynamic Calculations." Orlando Regional Medical Center. http://www.surgicalcriticalcare.net/Lectures/hemodynamic_calculations.pdf
MacLeod, Rob. "Bioengineering 3202 website." University of Utah. http://www.cvrti.utah.edu/~macleod/bioen/be3202/
Gibson, Michelle. 2001. "Oxygenation, Blood and Exercise (BIO31OBE)." Physiology Online, Applied Science website, La Trobe University, Bendigo. http://www.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/biolsc/phys/appsci/bio30obe/lecture/Lecture10.htm
Klabunde, Richard E. 2004. "Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts." Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts website. http://www.cvphysiology.com/
Koehler, Kenneth R. 2001. "Poiseuille's Equation." College Physics for Students of Biology and Chemistry, Raymond Walters College. http://www.rwc.uc.edu/koehler/biophys/3c.html
MacLeod, Rob. Bioengineering 3202: Human Physiology. University of Utah. http://www.cvrti.utah.edu/~macleod/bioen/be3202/
Rogers, James. 1999. "Cardiovascular Physiology." World Anaesthesia Online, Issue 10, Article 2. http://www.nda.ox.ac.uk/wfsa/html/u10/u1002_01.htm
Romstedt, Karl. 2003. "Modeling the Cardiovascular System using STELLA: A module for Computational Biology." Capital University. http://www.capital.edu/acad/as/csac/Keck/modules/Romstedt/Cardio_module.pdf
Sherwood, Lauralee. 2004. Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems. 5th ed. Belmont, Calif.: Brooks-Cole Publishing/Thompson Learning.
Walton, D. Brian. 1999. "Physics of Blood Flow in Small Arteries." Mathematics and Biology, Mathematics Awareness Month. University of Arizona. http://grad.math.arizona.edu/~walton/biomath/poiseuille1.htm (accessed December 12, 2003).
Module 7.7 Electrical Circuits—A Complete Story
Burghes, D. N., and M. S. Borrie. 1981. Modeling with Differential Equations. Chichester, England: Ellis Hordwood Limited: 172.
Davis, Paul W. 1992. Differential Equations for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice Hall: 565.
Kulick, Daniel Lee. 2002. "Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)." MedicineNet. http://www.medicinenet.com/Heart_Attack/article.htm
Ross, Clay C. 1995. Differential Equations, An Introduction with Mathematica. New York: Springer-Verlag: 503.
Urone, Paul Peter. 2001. College Physics. 2nd ed. Sacramento, Calif.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.: 893.
Williams, David J., Fiona J. McGill, and Hywel M. Jones. 2003. "Principles of Physical Defibrillators." Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Physics. Abingdon Oxon, U.K.: The Medicine Publishing Company: 23-31.
Zill, Dennis G. 2001. A First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications. 7th ed. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. 438.
Module 7.8 Fueling Our Cells—Carbohydrate Metabolism
Becker, Wayne M., Lewis J. Kleinsmith and Jeff Hardin. 2003. The World of the Cell. 5th ed. San Francisco: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co.
Diwan, Joyce J. "Glycolysis and Fermentation." 2004. Instructional materials on Biochemistry of Metabolism, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. http://www.rpi.edu/dept/bcbp/molbiochem/MBWeb/mb1/part2/glycolysis.htm
King, Michael W. "Glycolysis." 2004. From "The Medical Biochemistry Page," Indiana University School of Medicine. http://www.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/glycolysis.html
Module 7.9 Mercury Pollution—Getting on Our Nerves
EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency). 2003. Air and Radiation. Environmental Protection Agency, Mercury Study Report to Congress. http://www.epa.gov/oar/mercury/html (accessed January 7, 2004).
Mason, R.P., W.F. Fitzgerald, F.M.M. Morel. 1994. "Biogeochemical cycling of elemental mercury: Anthropogenic influences." Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acto, Vol. 58: 3191-3198.
New Jersey Mercury Task Force. 2001. New Jersey Mercury Task Force Report. State of New Jersey. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dsr/mercury_task_force.htm
Riley, D. M., and V. M. Thomas. "Mercury Pollution: Sources, Consequences, and Remedies." PU/CEES Working Paper No. 140. Princeton University. http://ww.princeton.edu/~vmthomas/hgwp.html
Seigel, A. and H. Seigel, eds. 1997. Metal Ions and Biological Systems: Mercury and It Effects on Environment and Biology, Vol. 34. New York: Marcel Dekker.
USGS (U.S. Geological Survey). 1996. South Florida Information Access. Mercury Studies in the Florida Everglades. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. FS-166-96. http://sofia.usgs.gov/publication/fs/166-96/printfood.html (accessed January 12, 2004).
Module 7.10 Managing to Eat—What’s the Catch?
Allen, Dick. "Catch and Effort." LobsterConservation.com. http://www.lobsterconservation.com/catcheffort1/
---. "Fishery Bio-Economics." LobsterConservation.com. http://www.lobsterconservation.com/fisherybioeconomics/
Danby, J.M.A. 1997. Computer Modeling: From Sports to Spaceflight...From Order to Chaos. Richmond, Va: Willmann-Bell: 408.
ETEI (Emissions Trading Education Initiative). "Case Study #2: Protecting Fisheries in Alaska." http://www.etei.org/case_stuyd_2a.htm
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). 2004. Fisheries Global Information System. "FIGIS Fisheries Topic and Issues Fact Sheets." January 20. http://www.fao.org/fi/nems/news/detail_news.asp?lang=en&event_id=15151 (accessed March 15, 2004).
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Habitat Media. "Management, Overfishing, & Alaskan Halibut." Public Broadcasting Service. http://www.pbs.org/emptyoceans/eoen/halibut/
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service). 2004. "NOAA Fisheries - National Marine Fisheries Service." Department of Commerce. http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
Porter, Gareth. 1998. "Estimating Overcapacity in the Global Fishing Fleet." World Wildlife Fund. http://worldwildlife.org/
Chapter 8 Data-Driven Models
Module 8.1 Computational Toolbox—Tools of the Trade: Tutorial 3
Module 8.2 Function Tutorial
Module 8.3 Empirical Models
Chapter 9 Monte Carlo Simulations
Module 9.1 Computational Toolbox—Tools of the Trade: Tutorial 4
Module 9.2 Simulations
Module 9.3 Area Through Monte Carlo Simulation
Module 9.4 Random Numbers from Various Distributions
Chapter 10 Random Walk Simulations
Module 10.1 Computational Toolbox—Tools of the Trade: Tutorial 5
Module 10.2 Random Walk
Chapter 11 Diffusion
Module 11.1 Computational Toolbox—Tools of the Trade: Tutorial 6
Module 11.2 Spreading of Fire
Module 11.3 Movement of Ants
Chapter 12 High Performance Computing
Module 12.1 Concurrent Processing
Module 12.2 Parallel Algorithms
Chapter 13 Additional Cellular Automata Projects
Module 13.1 Polymers—Strings of Pearls
Module 13.2 Solidification—Let’s Make It Crystal Clear!
Module13.3 Foraging—Finding a Way to Eat
Module 13.4 Pit Vipers—Hot Bodies, Dead Meat
Module 13.5 Mushroom Fairy Rings—Just Going in Circles
Module 13.6 Spread of Disease—"Gesundheit!"
Module 13.7 HIV—The Enemy Within
Module 13.8 Predator-Prey—"Catch Me If You Can"
Module 13.9 Clouds—Bringing It All Together
Module 13.10 Fish Schooling—Hanging Together, Not Separately