UMAP Journal 46.1 Spring 2025 Edition
Table of Contents
Publisher’s Editorial The Mathematical Modeling Mindset
Editorial Losses and Gains
Articles T...
Modeling Airline Scheduling (Modeling Module)
The context for this Modeling Module is airline scheduling. It begins with a preliminary reading, Networks, which pro...
Consortium 127, Fall/Winter 2024
Table of Contents:
Editorial: Dear Reader
Student Research Corner: Can’t Occur as a Knot Projection: 4-Valent Mult...
Proximity: Modeling Rainfall (Modeling Module)
The context for this Modeling Module is estimating the amount of rainfall in a certain region based on rain gauges sp...
Teaching Mathematical Modeling In a Sustainability Context
Abstract
Within the tertiary education framework, we developed a pilot course focused on mathematical modeling, pla...
HiMCM Problem: Drone Clusters as Sky Light Displays
Table of Contents
Problem Statement
2017 Contest Results
Judges Commentary
Sample Solution
HiMCM Problem: Drone ...
Modeling the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Population (Modeling Module)
In this modeling module students will investigate the rise and fall of the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle population. The P...
HiMCM Problem: Storing the Sun (Modeling Module)
The context for this modeling module is determining the best configuration for an energy storage system to support an...
Daylight In the Northern Hemisphere (Modeling Module)
Teacher notes The focus of this Modeling Module is using sinusoidal models to estimate the length of daylight and th...
Voting Models (Modeling Module)
The context for this module is voting systems. This module begins with a short Preliminary Reading, Electing a Speake...
Could These Bones Be Amelia Earhart's? (Modeling Module)
In this module, students create models for predicting human stature from bone lengths. The goal for the development o...
It’s an Electrifying Idea! (Student)
What Is Computational Thinking?
Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...
Heart Transplants and the NFL Draft (Student)
What Is Computational Thinking?
Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...
Network Capacity (Student)
What Is Computational Thinking?
Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...
Tomography: A Geometric and Computational Approach (Student)
What Is Computational Thinking?
Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...
Cryptography: Lqwurgxfwlrq wr Fubswrjudskb (Cryptography: Introduction to Cryptography) (Student)
What Is Computational Thinking?
Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...
Fair and Stable Matching (Student)
What Is Computational Thinking?
Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...
Polynomiography: Visual Displays of Solutions to Polynomial Equations (Student)
What Is Computational Thinking?
Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...
The Analysis of Games (Student)
What Is Computational Thinking?
Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...
Competition or Collusion? Game Theory in Sports, Business, and Life (Student)
What Is Computational Thinking?
Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...
Gently Down the Stream: The Mathematics of Streaming Information (Student)
What Is Computational Thinking?
Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...
Recursion (Student)
What Is Computational Thinking?
Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...
Your Data and Your Privacy: Do you know what “they” can tell about you? (Student)
What Is Computational Thinking?
Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...
Invasive Species A Module in Planning for Sustainability (Student)
About This Module:
This module focuses on the role of non-native species in ecosystems. Students explore local exam...
Life on the Edge – Habitat Fragmentation (Student)
About This Module:
Sustainability is forward-looking, and natural resources are finite. Planning for sustainability ...
NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) (Student)
About This Module:
Not in My Backyard explores how to consider social and environmental justice when making decisio...
Passive Solar (Student)
About This Module:
This module is written to be taught in one week of class time and is separated into five lessons...
Urban Sustainability (Student)
About This Module:
Urban Sustainability introduces basic concepts in the use of geographic information systems (GIS...
Water Games Applying Game Theory to the Sustainable Use of Water (And Other Natural Resources) (Student)
About This Module:
Water Games uses concepts drawn from mathematical game theory to model competition for water and...
Weather Generators (Student)
About This Module:
This module is written to be taught in roughly one week to one and one-half weeks of class time,...
Ecosystem Services The Multiple Values of a Forest (Student)
Ecosystem Services immerses students in making decisions on forest resource management. The module introduces stude...
Going Batty Modeling White Nose Syndrome in Bats (Student)
Introduction to “Going Batty”:
Disease looms large in our world today and students are faced with challenging que...
Where Is the Water Going? (Student)
About this module:
Historically water has been taken for granted, especially in humid areas like the southeastern ...
Modeling Packaging (Modeling Module)
The context for this module is modeling packaging of products and determining measures of efficiency for package desi...
Modeling Botpaths with Linear Functions (Modeling Module)
COMAP presents a series of modules designed for teaching mathematics through the modeling of real-world phenomena. Mo...
Modeling Pooled-Sample Testing, Part I (Modeling Module)
COMAP presents a series of modules designed for teaching mathematics through the modeling of real-world phenomena. Mo...