Individual-Based Modeling and Ecology

Volker Grimm, Steven F. Railsback - Collection Princeton Series in Theoretical and Computational Biology

428 pages, parution le 25/08/2005

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Résumé

Individual-based models are an exciting and widely used new tool for ecology. These computational models allow scientists to explore the mechanisms through which population and ecosystem ecology arises from how individuals interact with each other and their environment. This book provides the first in-depth treatment of individual-based modeling and its use to develop theoretical understanding of how ecological systems work, an approach the authors call "individual-based ecology."

Grimm and Railsback start with a general primer on modeling: how to design models that are as simple as possible while still allowing specific problems to be solved, and how to move efficiently through a cycle of pattern-oriented model design, implementation, and analysis. Next, they address the problems of theory and conceptual framework for individual-based ecology: What is "theory"? That is, how do we develop reusable models of how system dynamics arise from characteristics of individuals? What conceptual framework do we use when the classical differential equation framework no longer applies? An extensive review illustrates the ecological problems that have been addressed with individual-based models. The authors then identify how the mechanics of building and using individual-based models differ from those of traditional science, and provide guidance on formulating, programming, and analyzing models. This book will be helpful to ecologists interested in modeling, and to other scientists interested in agent-based modeling.

L'auteur - Volker Grimm

Volker Grimm is a Senior Researcher at the UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle and Lecturer at the University of Potsdam.

L'auteur - Steven F. Railsback

Steven F. Railsback is a consulting scientist and Adjunct Professor of Mathematics at Humboldt State University.

Sommaire

Preface
Acknowledgments
Modeling
Individual-Based Ecology
The Engine Room
Conclusions and Outlook
Glossary
References
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Princeton University Press
Auteur(s)	Volker Grimm, Steven F. Railsback
Collection	Princeton Series in Theoretical and Computational Biology
Parution	25/08/2005
Nb. de pages	428
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	618g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780691096667
ISBN13	978-0-691-09666-7