A mathematical kaleidoscope: applications in industry, business and science
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Chichester
Albion Publ.
1995
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| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Series: | Mathematics & applications
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| Item Description: | Literaturangaben |
| Physical Description: | 266 S. Ill., graph. Darst. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 1898563217 |
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Table of Contents
Preface
1 Fantasies
1.1 Misleading messages 8
1.1.1 Send three and fourpence 8
1.1.2 The advertising campaign 12
1.2 Fibonacci fantasies 15
1.3 Facing the clock 30
1.4 Encounters 34
1.5 The hypergeometric distribution 41
2 Finance
2.1 Collective DIY finance 46
2.2 Reinsurance 51
3 Games
3.1 Football results 56
3.1.1 Rankings 56
3.1.2 Contagious distributions 58
3.1.3 Winning the pools 61
3.1.4 Syndicates 71
3.1.5 Notes 73
3.2 A class of game 76
4 Mathematical programming
4.1 Theorems of alternatives 80
4.2 Safe gambling 87
4.3 Probabilistic programming 90
4.4 Contemporaries and laureates 99
4.5 Sequential decisions 106
4.6 Commonsense or paradox? 110
4.7 Duality and optimization 114
5 Search, pursuit and rational outguessing
5.1 Hide and seek 120
5.1.1 Random motion on a straight line 120
5.1.2 Random motion in space 123
5.1.3 Identification of search area 128
5.2 A treasure hunt 132
5.3 The lead in a chase 136
5.4 Tracking and pursuit 139
5.5 Circular pursuit and cycloids 148
5.6 Inverse Lanchester theory 158
6 Table of contents
5.7 Bessel functions and detection 169
6 Organization and management
6.1 Secretarial preoccupations 179
6.1.1 The keynote address 179
6.1.2 Traffic tailbacks 181
6.1.3 Committee dynamics 182
6.2 Manpower planning 193
6.3 Neglected queueing theory 198
6.3.1 Basics 198
6.3.2 One- and two-server exponential systems 199
6.3.3 Some interactive single-server systems 209
6.3.4 The ugly side of priority 215
6.4 uncertainty in stock control 222
7 Mathematical teasers
7.1 Problems with products 231
7.2 A puzzle series 233
8 Triangular geometry
8.1 Fermat, Torricelli et. al. 238
8.1.1 The Torricelli point 238
8.1.2 Nests of Torricelli triangles 243
8.2 Pedalmania 246
Index 268 |
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