Grimm, Volker, 1958-

Individual-based modeling and ecology / Volker Grimm, Steven F. Railsback. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2005] - 1 online resource (445 p.) : ill.. - Princeton series in theoretical and computational biology .

Includes bibliographical references (pages [395]-420) and index.

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.

9781400850624 (ebook)


Population biology--Mathematical models.
Biotic communities--Mathematical models.