Lately I have been looking for a practical (not too much theory) book on how to model problems with differential equations, with lots of examples. I imagine I'd plug them into Wolfram Alpha to get a solution.
Does anyone have recommendations?
Does anyone have recommendations?
Then also textbooks with names like "Mathematical Models in Biology" or "Mathematical Biology" should have chapters on population growth, a two-species predator-prey model, diseases and epidemiology, and sometimes also a chapter on chemical kinetics (these are all modelled with differential equations).
I personally have used Stella by isee systems, which will output an equation from your model if you are so inclined, but I think there is cheaper/free software out there that will do similar types of modeling.