MATH 315: Fall 2024

Assignment 2

Due: Friday, September 20

I. Additional Reading on Model Types

Read excerpt from Chapter 1 of Introduction To Stochastic Processes with R by Robert Dobrow at http://f24.middlebury.edu/MATH0315A/Readings/DobrowCh1_probModels.pdf or follow link (Additional Reading)

II. Examining the Simple Arms Race Model.

Read: Through end of Section C ("Does Stability Occur?") of Part IV (The Richardson Model) in Chapter 2: Stable and Unstable Arms Races in our text.

Complete Exercises 5, 6, 7ab, 11, 13 at the end of Chapter 2.

III. MATLAB Exploratory 1: Computer Modeling of Plant Growth (“Foxglove Lab”)

See attached pages or click here.