Individual-based modeling and ecology - Grimm, Volker, 1958-; Railsback, Steven F. (Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2005)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [395]-420) and index.
Keywords: Population biology -- Mathematical models; Biotic communities -- Mathematical models