For example, if everyone has exactly five neighbors ... we must cooperate on a global scale. Mathematical modeling can help us design structures and institutions to make this cooperation possible.

The mathematical model charts this interaction ... what a couple might do under different circumstances. For example, the model permits them to see what happens if a behavior changes, say a ...

Mathematical modeling has been successfully used in myriad applications ... as well as how disruptions affect these systems. For example, cancer is seen as a disease arising from disorders in cell ...

Thompson, a senior policy fellow at the London School of Economics, debuts with an eye-opening account of the limits and uses of mathematical models ... for example, but real-world conditions ...