Author: Steven F. RailsbackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cutthroat trout
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Individual-based Model Formulation for Cutthroat Trout, Little Jones Creek, California
Author: Steven F. RailsbackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cutthroat trout
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Individual-based Model Formulation for Cutthroat Trout, Little Jones Creek, California
Author: Steven F. RailsbackIndividual-based Model Formulation for Cutthroat Trout, Little Jones Creek, California
Author: Steven Floyd RailsbackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cutthroat trout
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
General Technical Report PSW.
Author: Individual-based Modeling and Ecology
Author: Volker GrimmPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400850622
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
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.
Environmental Security and Environmental Management: The Role of Risk Assessment
Author: Benoit MorelPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402038933
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The concept of “environmental security” has emerged as one basis for understanding international conflicts. This phrase can mean a variety of things. It can signify security issues stemming from environmental concerns or conflicting needs, or it can mean that the environment is treated as a resource for the long term, and the question is what should be done today to preserve the quality of the environment in the future. In the same way that energy security is about ensuring access to energy for the long run, it can also mean that pressing environmental concerns create a situation where different countries and communities are forced to collaboratively design a unified response, even if cooperation is not generally in the logic of their relations. Over the last several years, the authors of this book and their colleagues have tried to demonstrate the power of risk assessment and decision analysis as valuable tools that decision makers should use for a broad range of environmental problems, including environmental security. Risk analysis is almost more a state of mind or a way of looking at problems than it is a kind of algorithm or a set of recipes. It projects a kind of rationality on problems and forces a certain degree of quantitative rigor, as opposed to the all too common tendency of making environmental recommendations based on anecdotal evidence.
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Author: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Author: Proceedings of the 4th Annual Swarm User Group Meeting
Author: William C. PittPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Computer simulation
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A Sensitivity Analysis of an Individual-based Trout Model
Author: Paul Mann CunninghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cutthroat trout
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description