Individual-based Modeling and Ecology
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...
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"This seminal book truly deserves to be called the founding text for the growing field of individual-based modeling and the broader program of individual-based ecology. Core procedures and standards for formulating, parameterizing, testing, and communicating such models have long been lacking. Even the basic definitions have been missing. In one stroke, Grimm and Railsback provide all of those things. Thus, individual-based modeling now has a foundation no less firm than the foundation of classical mathematical ecology."—Don DeAngelis, Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, and University of Miami; author of Dynamics of Nutrient Cycling and Food Webs Nikita Y. Ratanov - Mathematical Reviews The authors establish an effective and coherent framework for using individual-based modelling.
Ch. 1Introduction3Ch. 2A primer to modeling22Ch. 3Pattern-oriented modeling38Ch. 4Theory in individual-based ecology53Ch. 5A conceptual framework for designing individual-based models71Ch. 6Examples122Ch. 7Formulating individual-based models247Ch. 8Software for individual-based models270Ch. 9Analyzing individual-based models312Ch. 10Communicating individual-based models and research349Ch. 11Using analytical models in individual-based ecology365Ch. 12Conclusions and outlook for individual-based ecology380
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