NSU's Top Models: Zombie Attack Heartbeats

NSU's Top Models: Zombie Attack Heartbeats

Models have a wide array of real life applications ranging from engineering to economics. In biological science, it is a biologist's aim to give verifiable predictions. This is where they use Mathematics as a technique to aid their discoveries. This study observes two Mathematical models that will give a representation of some aspect of real world phenomena. In effect, these models are simplified versions of systems that are well known. In order to create a Mathematical model, the assumptions on which the model will be based must be stated. These assumptions will describe the relationships among the quantities to be studied. The assumptions previously made will be formulated to derive equations relating to the described quantities. These equations will be analyzed to make predictions about the described quantities. This study will utilize two Mathematical models that follow these criteria: one from epidemiology and one from cardio-physiology. The group will focus on applying the modified SIR model from epidemiology to zombie proliferation and on Zeeman non-linear oscillator model of the cardiac cycle. The modified SIR model can be used to predict different scenarios of zombie outbreaks. The Zeeman non-linear oscillator model can be used to predict effects of high blood pressure and adrenaline.