Nicola Bellomo - Predicting Pandemics in a Globally Connected World, Volume 1: Toward a Multiscale, Multidisciplinary Framework through Modeling and Simulation ... in Science, Engineering and Technology)

The MSSET series publishes advanced textbooks, expository monographs, problem-solving guides, handbooks, and general references. Books focus on modeling and simulation in applied sciences, engineering, and technology. The goal is to create a bridge between applied mathematicians, scientists, and engineers utilizing modeling and simulation methods and tools for complex-problem solving. The general framework is that of applied and industrial mathematics, computational analysis, and computational engineering.

The series provides science and engineering readers with the essential (and practical) information on modeling and simulation methods and guidelines for formulating and solving complex problems.

The series targets graduate students, researchers, and practicing scientists and engineers, working in all disciplines of applied sciences and engineering. It strives for an accessible presentation style that provides the necessary technical background to a diverse, interdisciplinary readership.

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All titles published in the series are indexed by Scopus. In the past 10 years, 18 titles from the series have been selected for indexing in Web of Science.

Series Editors

Nicola Bellomo, Politecnico di Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, ItalyTayfun E. Tezduyar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA and Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Editorial Advisory Board

Kazuo Aoki, National Taiwan University, Taipei, TaiwanYuri Bazilevs, Brown University, Providence, RI, USAMark Chaplain, St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Scotland, UKPierre Degond, Imperial College of London, UKAndreas Deutsch, Technische Universitt Dresden, GermanyLivio Gibelli, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UKMiguel Angel Herrero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, SpainThomas J.R. Hughes, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USAPetros Koumoutsakos, ETH, Zrich, SwitzerlandAndrea Prosperetti, Cullen School of Engineering, University of Houston, TX, USAK.R. Rajagopal, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USAKenji Takizawa, Waseda University, Tokyo, JapanYoushan Tao, Dong Hua University, Shanghai, ChinaHarald van Brummelen, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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