
Chapter 12
Computational Models with Arithmetic
Growth
12.1 Introduction
Given a real-world problem, a mathematical model is defined and formulated
then one or more techniques are used to implement this model in a computer to de-
rive the corresponding computational model. This chapter presents an introduction to
simple mathematical models that exhibit arithmetic growth and describes the overall
behavior of simple mathematical and computational models. This includes defini-
tions and explanations of several important concepts related to modeling.
Some of these concepts have been briefly introduced in preceding chapters. The
derivation of difference and