Good sources on developing mathematical models

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What are good sources (literature, internet, etc) on learning to model real-world problems using mathematical formulations? In particular, I would like to know sources which establish the relationship between the meaning of a mathematical construct and its real-world counterpart. For example:

quantities are usually represented through variables or parameters
equations represent causal-effect relationships between concepts
inequations represent limits
etc.

How about some of the books introduced in this question about "practical applications of OR in the industry"? — EhsanK, Jul 06 '19 at 20:14
The relationship between original problem and mathematical model, and indeed the ingredients that go into the mathematical model, will be tied to the nature of the model (optimization, discrete simulation, continuous simulation, Markov process, ...). — prubin, Jul 06 '19 at 21:11

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 07 '19 at 13:02

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I have found MOSEKs modelling cookbook particularly useful: https://docs.mosek.com/MOSEKModelingCookbook-letter.pdf

answered Jul 07 '19 at 13:02

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score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '19 at 11:28

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In my case I found these two sources to be very helpful for mathematical modelling:

The first one is free and very simple to understand.

answered Jul 07 '19 at 11:28

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Good sources on developing mathematical models

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