INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN MATHEMATICS
MATHEMATICAL MODELING WITH EXCEL
INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN MATHEMATICS
MATHEMATICAL MODELING WITH EXCEL
BRIAN ALBRIGHT, DSC
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Concordia University, Nebraska
The Jones and Bartlett Publishers Series in Mathematics
Geometry
Geometry with an Introduction to Cosmic Topology
Hitchman (978-0-7637-5457-0) 2009
Euclidean and Transformational Geometry: A Deductive Inquiry
Libeskind (978-0-7637-4366-6) 2008
A Gateway to Modern Geometry: The Poincar Half-Plane, Second Edition
Stahl (978-0-7637-5381-8) 2008
Understanding Modern Mathematics
Stahl (978-0-7637-3401-5) 2007
Lebesgue Integration on Euclidean Space, Revised Edition
Jones (978-0-7637-1708-7) 2001
Precalculus
Precalculus: A Functional Approach to Graphing and Problem Solving, Sixth Edition
Smith (978-0-7637-5177-7) 2010
Precalculus with Calculus Previews (Expanded Volume), Fourth Edition
Zill/Dewar (978-0-7637-6631-3) 2010
Precalculus with Calculus Previews (Essentials Version), Fourth Edition
Zill/Dewar (978-0-7637-3779-5) 2007
Calculus
Calculus of a Single Variable: Early Transcendentals, Fourth Edition
Zill/Wright (978-0-7637-4965-1) 2010
Multivariable Calculus, Fourth Edition
Zill/Wright (978-0-7637-4966-8) 2010
Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Fourth Edition
Zill/Wright (978-0-7637-5995-7) 2010
Multivariable Calculus
Damiano/Freije (978-0-7637-8247-4) 2011
Calculus: The Language of Change
Cohen/Henle (978-0-7637-2947-9) 2005
Applied Calculus for Scientists and Engineers
Blume (978-0-7637-2877-9) 2005
Calculus: Labs for Mathematica
OConnor (978-0-7637-3425-1) 2005
Calculus: Labs for MATLAB
OConnor (978-0-7637-3426-8) 2005
Linear Algebra
Linear Algebra with Applications, Seventh Edition
Williams (978-0-7637-8248-1) 2011
Linear Algebra with Applications, Alternate Seventh Edition
Williams (978-0-7637-8249-8) 2011
Linear Algebra: Theory and Applications
Cheney/Kincaid (978-0-7637-5020-6) 2009
Advanced Engineering Mathematics
Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Fourth Edition
Zill/Wright (978-0-7637-7966-5) 2011
An Elementary Course in Partial Differential Equations, Second Edition
Amaranath (978-0-7637-6244-5) 2009
Complex Analysis
A First Course in Complex Analysis with Applications, Second Edition
Zill/Shanahan (978-0-7637-5772-4) 2009
Complex Analysis for Mathematics and Engineering, Fifth Edition
Mathews/Howell (978-0-7637-3748-1) 2006
Classical Complex Analysis
Hahn (978-0-8672-0494-0) 1996
Real Analysis
An Introduction to Analysis, Second Edition
Bilodeau/Thie/Keough (978-0-7637-7492-9) 2010
Basic Real Analysis
Howland (978-0-7637-7318-2) 2010
Closer and Closer: Introducing Real Analysis
Schumacher (978-0-7637-3593-7) 2008
The Way of Analysis, Revised Edition
Strichartz (978-0-7637-1497-0) 2000
Topology
Foundations of Topology, Second Edition
Patty (978-0-7637-4234-8) 2009
Discrete Math and Logic
Discrete Structures, Logic, and Computability, Third Edition
Hein (978-0-7637-7206-2) 2010
Essentials of Discrete Mathematics
Hunter (978-0-7637-4892-0) 2009
Logic, Sets, and Recursion, Second Edition
Causey (978-0-7637-3784-9) 2006
Numerical Methods
Numerical Mathematics
Grasselli/Pelinovsky (978-0-7637-3767-2) 2008
Exploring Numerical Methods: An Introduction to Scientific Computing Using MATLAB
Linz (978-0-7637-1499-4) 2003
Advanced Mathematics
Mathematical Modeling with Excel
Albright (978-0-7637-6566-8) 2010
Clinical Statistics: Introducing Clinical Trials, Survival Analysis, and Longitudinal Data Analysis
Korosteleva (978-0-7637-5850-9) 2009
Harmonic Analysis: A Gentle Introduction
DeVito(978-0-7637-3893-8) 2007
Beginning Number Theory, Second Edition
Robbins (978-0-7637-3768-9) 2006
A Gateway to Higher Mathematics
Goodfriend (978-0-7637-2733-8) 2006
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The Jones and Bartlett Publishers International Series in Mathematics
Mathematical Modeling with Excel
Albright (978-0-7637-6566-8) 2010
An Introduction to Analysis, Second Edition
Bilodeau/Thie/Keough (978-0-7637-7492-9) 2010
Basic Real Analysis
Howland (978-0-7637-7318-2) 2010
Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Fourth Edition, International Version
Zill/Wright (978-0-7637-7994-8) 2011
Multivariable Calculus
Damiano/Freije (978-0-7637-8247-4) 2011
Real Analysis
Denlinger (979-0-7637-7947-4) 2011
Mathematical Modeling for the Scientific Method
Pravica (978-0-7637-7946-7) 2011
A Journey into Partial Differential Equations
Bray (978-0-7637-7256-7) 2011
Functions of Mathematics in Liberal Arts
Johnson (978-0-7637-8116-3) 2012
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Albright, Brian, 1977
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