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Foreword: I Ran with a Zombie
Andrew Cartmel
Introduction: What Can Zombies Teach Us About Mathematics?
Robert Smith?
• The Viral Spread of a Zombie Media Story
Robert Smith?
• The Undead: A Plague on Humanity or a Powerful New Tool for Epidemiological Research?
Jane M. Heffernan and Derek J. Wilson
• When Zombies Attack! Alternate Ending
Phil Munz
• When Humans Strike Back! Adaptive Strategies for Zombie Attacks
Bard Ermentrout and Kyle Ermentrout
• Increasing Survivability in a Zombie Epidemic
Ben Tippett
• How Long Can We Survive?
Thomas E. Woolley, Ruth E. Baker, Eamonn A. Gaffney and Philip K. Maini
• Demographics of Zombies in the United States
Daniel Zelterman
• Is It Safe to Go Out Yet? Statistical Inference in a Zombie Outbreak Model
Ben Calderhead, Mark Girolami and Desmond J. Higham
• The Social Zombie: Modelling Undead Outbreaks on Social Networks
Laurent Hébert-Dufresne, Vincent Marceau, Pierre-André Noël, Antoine Allard and Louis J. Dubé
• Zombie Infection Warning System Based on Fuzzy Decision-Making
Micael S. Couceiro, Carlos M. Figueiredo, J. Miguel A. Luz and Michael J. Delorme
• Is There a Zombicidal Maniac Near You? You'd Better Hope So!
Nick Beeton, Alex Hoare and Brody Walker
• Zombies in the City: A NetLogo Model
Jennifer Badham and Judy-Anne Osborn
• An Evolvable Linear Representation for Simulating Government Policy in Zombie Outbreaks
Daniel Ashlock, Joseph Alexander Brown and Clinton Innes
• Baneling Dynamics in Legend of the Seeker
Gergely Röst
• The Zombie Swarm: Epidemics in the Presence of Social Attraction and Repulsion
Evelyn Sander and Chad M. Topaz
Conclusion
Robert Smith?
Contributors
Afterword
Without really intending, Robert Smith? appears to have accidentally created the subdiscipline of mathematical modelling of zombies. By day, he's a professor of biomathematics at the University of Ottawa, studying infectious diseases such as HIV, human papillomavirus and various tropical diseases. By night, he's a writer, having written or edited Outside In: 160 New Perspectives on 160 Classic Doctor Who Stories by 160 Writers (ATB Publishing, 2012), Who is the Doctor: The Unofficial Guide to the New Series (ECW Press, 2012), Braaaiiinnnsss: From Academics to Zombies (UOP, 2011), and Modelling Disease Ecology with Mathematics (American Institute of Mathematics Sciences, 2008). In this terrible new COVID-19 world, the University of Ottawa is doing its part by offering a 50% discount on this very important book. We decided not to rewrite the witty book description, though we realize it is tone-deaf at the present moment, as we wanted to give readers a sense of the tone of this title. But don't be deceived: while a fun read, this book will help you better understand how epidemiologists, governments and health care planners use mathematical models to figure out how quickly epidemics and pandemics spread, in order to plan appropriately. Reading has perhaps never been as important, and this book should be at the top of your reading list.
You're outnumbered, in fear for your life, surrounded by flesheating zombies. What can save you now? Mathematics, of course.
Mathematical Modelling of Zombies engages the imagination to illustrate the power of mathematical modelling. Using zombies as a "hook," you'll learn how mathematics can predict the unpredictable. In order to be prepared for the apocalypse, you'll need mathematical models, differential equations, statistical estimations, discretetime models, and adaptive strategies for zombie attacks-as well as baseball bats and Dire Straits records (latter two items not included).
In Mathematical Modelling of Zombies, Robert Smith? brings together a highly skilled team of contributors to fend off a
