Math 6102
Mathematical Biology

Winter, 2012

Instructor: Dr. Xiaoqiang Zhao, HH-2009
Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30-1:45pm
Classroom: HH-3017
Office Hours: Tu 10:30-12:00, Wed 13:00-14:30
Course Website: http://www.math.mun.ca/~xzhao

Text:

J. D. Murray, "Mathematical Biology, I: An introduction", Springer-Verlag, 2002.

Evaluation:

Assignments 50%
Project(written submission and oral presentation) 50%

Course Contents:

Reference Books:

Assignments:

Project Topics (for final exam):

Topic 1 (for C. Chilaka): Reproduction numbers and sub-threshold endemic equilibria for compartmental models of disease transmission

Topic 2 (for S. Aljaryan): An epidemic model in a patchy environment

Topic 3 (for F. Wei): A final size relation for epidemic models

Presentation Schedule: 2:00pm-5:00pm, HH-3017, April 9, 2012.