中原大學九十二學年度博士班入學招生考試

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科目:訊號與系統 (共1頁第1頁)

[1] If you were facing an outbreak of new epidemic like SARS, how would you establish a mathematical model to predict the progress of epidemic? (10% for each following question)
  (a) Predict and draw a curve to show the percentage of infected population as a function of time if the government do nothing to control the spread of disease. Make a list of factors that should be included to develop a mathematical model.
  (b) Derive a simple mathematical model that includes the major factors to simulate the outbreak? Make a list and explain the inputs and outputs that you choose for the model.
  (c) Describe how you can get the reasonable model coefficients from the real world.
  (d) What kinds of information can be provided by such a model to help the decision of disease control?
  (e) Draw some predicted simulation results to show how different strategies of disease control will affect the progress of epidemic.
     
[2] From the dynamic system point of view, the mechanical, electrical, thermal, and fluid systems are generally treated the same. (25%)
  (a) Explain that under what conditions they can be modeled using the same mathematics?
  (b) What common mathematical procedures are generally used by engineers in different fields to simulate these dynamic systems?
     
[3] The impulse, step, and frequency responses are frequently used to study a physical system. (25%)
  (a) When should they be performed, and what kinds of system characteristics can be quantified by these tests?
  (b) Since a signal can be easily transformed from time-domain to frequency-domain, and vice versa, describe the advantages and disadvantages of using one instead of the other in the real engineering practice.
     
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