KINETIC MODELS AND APPLICATIONS

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Enrollment year

2021/2022

Academic year

2021/2022

Regulations

DM270

Academic discipline

MAT/07 (MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS)

Department

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS "FELICE CASORATI"

Course

MATHEMATICS

Curriculum

PERCORSO COMUNE

Year of study

1°

Period

2nd semester (01/03/2022 - 10/06/2022)

ECTS

Lesson hours

24 lesson hours

Language

Italian

Activity type

ORAL TEST

Teacher

TOSCANI GIUSEPPE (titolare) - 3 ECTS

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the main arguments of the teaching of Equations of Mathematical Physics

Learning outcomes

Understanding and applying mathematical models based on statistical mechanics to economic and social phenomena

Course contents

Elements of classical kinetic theory. Collisional kinetic models. Boltzmann and Fokker-Planck equations. Kinetic models for agent systems. Applications to social and economic dynamics.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons

Reccomended or required readings

Lorenzo Pareschi, Giuseppe Toscani: Interacting Multiagent Systems. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014

Assessment methods

Presentation of a report on an in-depth topic relating to the course

Further information

Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030

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