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 ...
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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.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 428 p. Contains: Illustrations. Princeton Theoretical and Computational Biology, 8. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2004022435 Type of material Book Personal name Grimm, Volker, 1958-author. Main title Individual-based modeling and ecology / Volker Grimm, Steven F. Railsback. Published/Created Princeton: Princeton University Press, c2005. Description xvi, 428 p. : ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 0691096651 (hardcover: alk. paper) 9780691096650 (hardcover: alk. paper) 069109666X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780691096667 (pbk. : alk. paper) LC classification QH352. G75 2005 Related names Railsback, Steven F. (Steven Floyd), 1957-author. Contents Introduction--A primer to modeling--Pattern-oriented modeling--Theory in individual-based ecology--A conceptual framework for designing individual-based models--Examples--Formulating individual-based models--Software for individual-based models--Analyzing individual-based models--Communicating individual-based models and research--Using analytical models in individual-based ecology. Subjects Population biology--Mathematical models. Biotic communities--Mathematical models. Population Dynamics. Models, Theoretical. Ecology. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-420) and index. Series Princeton series in theoretical and computational biology Dewey class no. 577/.01/5118 National bib no. GBA556628 National bib agency no. 013245508 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocm56614274 (OCoLC)56614274
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