A Practical Guide to Ecological Modelling Using R as a Simulation Platform /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Soetaert, Karline. (Editor), Herman, Peter M.J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Computer simulation.; Ecology.; Life Sciences.; Simulation and Modeling.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Biogeosciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8624-3

Many texts on ecological models jump to describing either particular relations or computational results, without treating in detail the conceptual and mathematical basis of many steps in modelling: why set up models, what are basic conceptual models, how do conservation laws come in, how are models...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Model formulation
• 3. Spatial components and transport
• 4. Parameterisation
• 5. Model solution - analytical methods
• 6. Model solution - numerical methods
• 7. Stability and steady-state
• 8. Multiple time scales and equilibrium processes
• Discrete time models
• 10. Dynamic programming
• 11. Testing and validating the model
• 12. Further reading and references.