How Mathematics and Computing Can Help Fight the Pandemic: Two Pedagogical Examples

Authors

Julio Urenda, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Olga Kosheleva, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Martine Ceberio, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Vladik Kreinovich, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow

Publication Date

6-2020

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Technical Report: UTEP-CS-20-57

To appear in: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society NAFIPS'2020, Redmond, Washington, August 20-22, 2020.

Abstract

With the 2020 pandemic came unexpected mathematical and computational problems. In this paper, we provide two examples of such problems -- examples that we present in simplified pedagogical form. The problems are related to the need for social distancing and to the need for fast testing. We hope that these examples will help students better understand the importance of mathematical models.