Theoretical Systems Ecology

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THEORETICAL SYSTEMS ECOLOGY Advances and Case Studies After many years of development, systems ecology is having a large impact upon all aspects of environmental research. Unfortunately, there has been a lack of communication between theoreticians, and modelers and field ecologists. Theoretical Systems Ecology: Advances and Case Studies attempts to bridge this gap. It presents to theoretical systems ecologists and other theoreticians in systems science recent advances in the field. Since the language of systems theory is mathematics, many papers are mathematically sophisticated. It is alsó a purpose of the book to present to scientists, who do not have the background to follow complex mathematical concepts, somé aspects of systems ecology with which they are not familiar in a way they can understand and apply. The examples at the end of each chapter show how theory can be used successfully and fruitfully to improve the development and analysis of models. Three classes of problems... Tovább

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THEORETICAL SYSTEMS ECOLOGY Advances and Case Studies After many years of development, systems ecology is having a large impact upon all aspects of environmental research. Unfortunately, there has been a lack of communication between theoreticians, and modelers and field ecologists. Theoretical Systems Ecology: Advances and Case Studies attempts to bridge this gap. It presents to theoretical systems ecologists and other theoreticians in systems science recent advances in the field. Since the language of systems theory is mathematics, many papers are mathematically sophisticated. It is alsó a purpose of the book to present to scientists, who do not have the background to follow complex mathematical concepts, somé aspects of systems ecology with which they are not familiar in a way they can understand and apply. The examples at the end of each chapter show how theory can be used successfully and fruitfully to improve the development and analysis of models. Three classes of problems are analyzed in the book: (1) Selection of Components comprising the system model - The sections on Aggregation and Organization deal with formalisms, classes, and properties of models. (2) Definition of the relationships and interactions between the system variables - The section on Identification deals with the problem of extracting information from data for the purpose of deriving the model structure. (3) Model analysis - Several sections cover this aspect. To represent current trends, several chapters on stability and control theory are included. Vissza