The immune system is able to respond more vigorously to the second contact with a given
antigen than to the first contact. Vaccination protocols generally include at least two doses …

This is a book about ''Simulation and Learning''. It is written for educators, teachers, and
instructional scientists, but also for instructional designers, and anyone else involved in …

Households consume a significant fraction of total potable water production. Strategies to
improve the efficiency of water use tend to emphasize technological interventions to reduce …

Motivation A computational model equipped with the main immunological features of the sea
bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) immune system was used to predict more effective …

Traditional agent-based modelling is mostly rule-based. For many systems, this approach is
extremely successful, since the rules are well understood. However, for a large class of …

Mathematical models are useful weapons in the crime-fighting arsenal. With the
development of cheaper and more powerful computers, mathematical modelling of systems …

The SLEUTH model is one of the recent methodological advances, but its data sources are
mainly interpreted from remote sensing images. It doesn't cover the whole urban area and …

Mathematical models offer crucial insights into the transmission dynamics and control of
infectious diseases. These models have also been applied to investigate a variety of …

Some physical entities, which we often refer to as agents, can be described as having
intentions and engaging in goal-oriented behavior. Yet agents can also be described in …

There is increasing gang membership worldwide, but few mathematical models are
available describing the growth of gangs in a population. A mathematical model consisting …