Material new to this edition include: a chapter on stochastic models; greater emphasis on mathematical biology; sections on discrete models, deterministic and stochastic models, ODEs, PDEs, and IEs; and an overhaul of the exercises in the book 

MATLAB applications have been added to show computer algebra system calculations 

The author has substantially revised the content and structure of the previous edition in an effort to make the book even more usable as a textbook