However, insight can come from a surprising place: mathematics. The idea is to create a mathematical model: a cartoon picture of the real world, drawn in the language of math.

“Much can be borrowed from other industrial sectors, for example, the chemical process industry, where the use of mathematical models is consolidated,” he explains.

Researchers have developed a mathematical model that describes the achievement of the 2015 Paris Agreement and that may contribute to more efficient negotiations when striving for unanimity.

Skoltech scientists have devised a mathematical model of memory. By analyzing its new model, the team came to surprising ...

Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 63, No. 1 (Sep., 2006), pp. 89-112 (24 pages) Views of mathematical modeling in empirical, expository, and curricular references typically capture a ...

The recent expansion of quantitative models addresses many questions regarding tumour initiation, progression and metastases as well as intra-tumour heterogeneity, treatment responses and resistance.

For example, one of the eight Standards for Mathematical Practice —the overarching standards that describe the behaviors of “proficient” math learners—says that students should “model ...

OpenAI has achieved "gold medal-level performance" at the International Math Olympiad, notching another important milestone for AI's fast-paced growth. Alexander Wei, a research scientist at ...