Book chapter
Ordinary Differential Equation Models: Symbolic Manipulation
Concise Encyclopedia of Modelling & Simulation, pp 317-319
1991
Abstract
Computer programs for symbolic calculation with mathematical formulas have built-in facilities for such algebraic operations as rational-function arithmetic, differentiation, Taylor series, solution of systems of linear and nonlinear equations with symbolic coefficients and definite and indefinite integration. Program libraries for finding solutions to ordinary differential equations may be used interactively or users can write programs building on what is provided. Programs such as ALTRAN, MACSYMA, MAPLE and REDUCE (van Hulzen and Calmet 1982) are available on many mainframe computers.
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- Title
- Ordinary Differential Equation Models: Symbolic Manipulation
- Creators
- B.W. Char - University of Waterloo
- Publication Details
- Concise Encyclopedia of Modelling & Simulation, pp 317-319
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 3
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Computer Science
- Other Identifier
- 991020202346104721