References

• COMAP (editor), For All Practical Purposes: Mathematical Literacy in Today's World, sixth edition, W.H. Freeman and Company, 2003.


• Frank R. Giordano, Maurice D. Weir, and William P. Fox, A First Course in Mathematical Modeling, third edition, Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2003.


• Daniel Maki and Maynard Thompson, Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation, Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2006.


• Douglas Mooney and Randall Swift, A Course in Mathematical Modeling, The Mathematical Association of America, 1999.

MATLAB Resources

• MATLAB—A student version of MATLAB is available for purchase online. The current price listing is $99.


• MATLAB Primer—by Kermit Sigmon, University of Florida. Available in an online version and a print version.


• A Practical Introduction to MATLAB—by Mark S. Gockenbach, Michigan Technological University

Other Resources

• Exponential Smoothing—from the Engineering Statistics Handbook provided by NIST.