Complex Population Dynamics: Nonlinear Modeling in Ecology, Epidemiology and Genetics (World Scientific Lecture Notes in Complex Systems)

Blasius, Bernd (EDT)/ Kurths, Juergen (EDT)/ Stone, Lewi (EDT)

World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd（2007/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 250 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789812771575
• DDC分類 511.8

Full Description

This collection of review articles is devoted to the modeling of ecological, epidemiological and evolutionary systems. Theoretical mathematical models are perhaps one of the most powerful approaches available for increasing our understanding of the complex population dynamics in these natural systems. Exciting new techniques are currently being developed to meet this challenge, such as generalized or structural modeling, adaptive dynamics or multiplicative processes. Many of these new techniques stem from the field of nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory, where even the simplest mathematical rule can generate a rich variety of dynamical behaviors that bear a strong analogy to biological populations.

Contents

Chaotic Dynamics in Food Web Systems (G F Fussmann); Generalized Models -- A New Tool for the Investigation of Ecological Systems (T Gross et al.); Dynamics of Plant Communities in Dryland: A Pattern Formation Approach (E Meron & E Gilad); Metapopulation Dynamics and the Evolution of Dispersal (K Parvinen); The Scaling Law of Human Travel -- A Message from George (D Brockmann & L Hufnagel); Multiplicative Processes in Social Systems (D H Zanette & S Manrubia); Criticality in Epidemiology (N Stollenwerk & V A A Jansen); Network Models in Epidemiology (A L Lloyd & S Valeika); Genetic Networks: Between Theory and Experimentation (S Bottani & A Mazurie).