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Dynamic modeling of environmental systems
Modeling dynamic systems
Dynamic modeling of environmental systems is a primer on using models to under-stand environmental problems. With their many natural, economic, political, and technical aspects, environmental problems require a systems approach. This book provides an introduction to modeling concepts and applications that is geared specifically toward the environmental field. Sections on modeling terminology, the uses of models, the model-building process, and the interpretation of output provide the foundation for detailed applications. After an introduction to the basics of dynamic modeling, the book leads students through an analysis of several environmental problems, including surface-water pollution, matter-cycling disruptions, and global warming. The scientific and technical context is provided for each problem, and the methods for analyzing and designing appropriate modeling approaches are provided. An accompanying CD-ROM for both Macintosh® and Windows® computers contains a run-time version of STELLA® modeling software with models from the text. While the mathematical content does not exceed the level of a first semester calculus course, the book gives students ail of the background, examples, and practice exercises needed both to use and understand environmental modeling. It is suitable for upper-level undergraduate and beginning graduate-level environmental science courses. The text is also useful for environmental professionals seeking an introduction to modeling in their field.
Dynamic modeling for marine conservation
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Threats to the global marine environment and its biological diversity range from devastating algal blooms to widespread fishing activity. Successful conservation of marine systems requires knowledge from many different disciplines in order to understand the complex interactions of natural and anthropogenic perturbations -that threaten those systems. Dynamic Modeling for Marine Conservation provides a method of learning how these systems function, determining how natural and human actions have put them in peril and how we can best influence the marine world in order to maintain biodiversity. The difficulties of research and experimentation in the oceans make computer modeling particularly helpful for marine conservation. Modeling also enables scientists to communicate their findings with managers and others concerned with putting their ideas into practice. The book will demonstrate dynamic modeling through the use of the STELLA® modeling program and case studies from marine conservation. After a section devoted to the concepts and tools needed to model marine systems, each chapter introduces background information about a key topic in marine conservation, presents an appropriate model, and discusses the results and implications. Contributors bring a wide range of expertise and experience to a selection of models relevant to real-world conservation problems.
Modeling dynamic biological systems
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Models help us understand the nonlinear dynamics of real world processes by using the computer to mimic the actual forces that are known or assumed to result in a system's behavior. The complexity of biological systems, from cells to ecosystems, makes them particularly well suited to this method because the feedback processes governing them have made it difficult to identify natural laws describing their behavior.
This book does not require a substantial background in mathematics or computer science and encourages all students and scholars to actively incorporate modeling into their education and research.
Using STELLA and MADONNA software, Modeling Dynamic Biological Systems applies methods of computer modeling to real world phenomena in a wide range of topics from laboratory biology and ecology. The book includes sections on physical and biochemical processes, genetics, single and multiple population dynamics, and catastrophe and self organization.
STELLA and MADONNA run time software as well as computer files of sample models accompany the book on CD-ROM. STELLA software is compatible with both Macintosh and Windows based computers.
Dynamic modeling of environmental systems
- Auteur
- Matthias Ruth, Bruce Hannon
- Sujet
- Environnement
Modeling
Systems
Dynamic
- Cote
- 333.14 RUT
- Date_TXT
- New York : Springer, 2000.
- Type de document
- Livre
Dynamic modeling for marine conservation
- Auteur
- Matthias, Ruth, Bruce Hannon
- Sujet
- Conservation ; Produits marins ; Dynamic
- Cote
- 641.4 RUT
- Date_TXT
- New York : Springer ,2002
- Type de document
- Livre
Modeling dynamic biological systems
- Auteur
- Bruce Hannon, Matthias Ruth
- Sujet
- Biologie dynamique ; Ecosystèmes biologique
- Cote
- 571.1 HAN
- Date_TXT
- New York : Springer , 1997
- Type de document
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