Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 1332 g
Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 1332 g
ISBN: 978-1-292-02204-8
Verlag: Pearson
Excursions in Modern Mathematics introduces non-math majors to the power of math by exploring applications like social choice and management science, showing that math is more than a set of formulas. Ideal for an applied liberal arts math course, Tannenbaum’s text is known for its clear, accessible writing style and its unique exercise sets that build in complexity from basic to more challenging.
The Eighth Edition offers more real data and applications to connect with today’s students, expanded coverage of applications like growth, and revised exercise sets. MyMathLab exercise sets are expanded and the new Ready To Go MyMathLab course makes course set-up even easier.
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PART 1. SOCIAL CHOICE
1. The Mathematics of Elections: The Paradoxes of Democracy
1.1 The Basic Elements of an Election
1.2 The Plurality Method
1.3 The Borda Count Method
1.4 The Plurality-with-Elimination Method
1.5 The Method of Pairwise Comparisons
1.6 Fairness Criteria and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Exercises
Projects and Papers
2. The Mathematics of Power: Weighted Voting
2.1 An Introduction to Weighted Voting
2.2 Banzhaf Power
2.3 Shapley-Shubik Power
2.4 Subsets and Permutations
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Exercises
Projects and Papers
3. The Mathematics of Sharing: Fair-Division Games
3.1 Fair-Division Games
3.2 The Divider-Chooser Method
3.3 The Lone-Divider Method
3.4 The Lone-Chooser Method
3.5 The Method of Sealed Bids
3.6 The Method of Markers
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Exercises
Projects and Papers
4. The Mathematics of Apportionment: Making the Rounds
4.1 Apportionment Problems and Apportionment Methods
4.2 Hamilton’s Method
4.3 Jefferson’s Method
4.4 Adams’s and Webster’s Methods
4.5 The Huntington-Hill Method
4.6 The Quota Rule and Apportionment Paradoxes
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Exercises
Projects and Papers
PART 2. MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
5. The Mathematics of Getting Around: Euler Paths and Circuits
5.1 Street-Routing Problems
5.2 An Introduction to Graphs
5.3 Euler’s Theorems and Fleury’s Algorithm
5.4 Eulerizing and Semi-Eulerizing Graphs
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Exercises
Projects and Papers
6. The Mathematics of Touring: Traveling Salesman Problems
6.1 What Is a Traveling Salesman Problem?
6.2 Hamilton Paths and Circuits
6.3 The Brute-Force Algorithm
6.4 The Nearest-Neighbor and Repetitive Nearest-Neighbor Algorithms
6.5 The Cheapest-Link Algorithm
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Exercises
Projects and Papers
The Mathematics of Networks
7. The Cost of Being Connected
7.1 Networks and Trees
7.2 Spanning Trees, MST’s, and MaxST’s
7.3 Kruskal’s Algorithm
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Exercises
Projects and Papers
8. The Mathematics of Scheduling: Chasing the Critical Path
8.1 An Introduction to Scheduling
8.4 Directed Graphs
8.3 Priority-List Scheduling
8.4 The Decreasing-Time Algorithm
8.5 Critical Paths and the Critical-Path Algorithm
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Exercises
Projects and Papers
PART 3. GROWTH
9. Population Growth Models: There Is Strength in Numbers
9.1 Sequences and Population Sequences
9.2 The Linear Growth Model
9.3 The Exponential Growth Model
9.4 The Logistic Growth Model
Conclusion
Key Concepts
Exercises
Projects and Papers
10. Financial Mathematics: Money Matters
10.1 Percentages
10.2 Simple Interest
10.3 Compound Interest
10.4 Consumer Debt
