Welcome to COSC/MATH 201: Modeling & Simulation. This course introduces computational science: the intersection of computer science, mathematics, and the natural sciences. We will turn real-world questions into models, implement those models, and use simulation to explore what they can tell us.
What we will explore
- Modeling: translating a scientific question into a useful abstraction
- Simulation: experimenting with a model to understand its behavior
- Numerical methods: approximating growth, decay, and dynamical systems
- Randomness: Monte Carlo methods and random walks
- Complex systems: cellular automata and agent-based models