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Chapter 2 First-Order Modeling Scenarios

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  1. Who Threw the Fastest Pitch?: In this scenario we can use data to estimate the drag coefficient of a baseball in order to compare baseball pitch velocities that were recorded using different measurement methods.
  2. Cancer Treatment: Here we present a model for the effect of a drug on the size of a tumor. Based on data from a single patient we can use Insightmaker to estimate the intrisic growth rate of a tumor.
  3. Drug Dosage: In our final scenario we model the amount of drug in a body under two different dosing regimens. In this scenario we must allow for discontinuities in certain functions appearing in the governing differential equation.