TY - BOOK ID - 1560436 TI - Individual-based Modeling and Ecology AU - Grimm, Volker, AU - Railsback, Steven F PY - 2013 SN - 069109666X 9780691096667 9780691096650 0691096651 1400850622 9781400850624 PB - Princeton, NJ DB - UniCat KW - Biomathematics. Biometry. Biostatistics KW - Human ecology. Social biology KW - Population Dynamics KW - Models, Theoretical KW - Ecology KW - Population biology KW - Biotic communities KW - Biologie des populations KW - Mathematical models KW - Modèles mathématiques KW - Mathematical models. KW - Modèles mathématiques KW - Ecology. KW - Models, Theoretical. KW - Population Dynamics. KW - Demographic Aging KW - Demographic Transition KW - Optimum Population KW - Population Decrease KW - Population Pressure KW - Population Replacement KW - Population Theory KW - Residential Mobility KW - Rural-Urban Migration KW - Stable Population KW - Stationary Population KW - Malthusianism KW - Neomalthusianism KW - Aging, Demographic KW - Decrease, Population KW - Decreases, Population KW - Demographic Transitions KW - Dynamics, Population KW - Migration, Rural-Urban KW - Migrations, Rural-Urban KW - Mobilities, Residential KW - Mobility, Residential KW - Optimum Populations KW - Population Decreases KW - Population Pressures KW - Population Replacements KW - Population Theories KW - Population, Optimum KW - Population, Stable KW - Population, Stationary KW - Populations, Optimum KW - Populations, Stable KW - Populations, Stationary KW - Pressure, Population KW - Pressures, Population KW - Replacement, Population KW - Replacements, Population KW - Residential Mobilities KW - Rural Urban Migration KW - Rural-Urban Migrations KW - Stable Populations KW - Stationary Populations KW - Theories, Population KW - Theory, Population KW - Transition, Demographic KW - Transitions, Demographic KW - Life History Traits KW - Genetics, Population KW - Experimental Model KW - Experimental Models KW - Mathematical Model KW - Model, Experimental KW - Models (Theoretical) KW - Models, Experimental KW - Models, Theoretic KW - Theoretical Study KW - Mathematical Models KW - Model (Theoretical) KW - Model, Mathematical KW - Model, Theoretical KW - Models, Mathematical KW - Studies, Theoretical KW - Study, Theoretical KW - Theoretical Model KW - Theoretical Models KW - Theoretical Studies KW - Computer Simulation KW - Systems Theory KW - Environmental Science KW - Bionomics KW - Ecologies KW - Environmental Sciences KW - Science, Environmental KW - Sciences, Environmental KW - Environmental Psychology KW - Conservation of Natural Resources KW - Environmental Health KW - Ecosystem KW - Balance of nature KW - Biology KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environment KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Environmental sciences KW - Population biology - Mathematical models KW - Biotic communities - Mathematical models UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1560436 AB - Individual-based models are an exciting and widely used new tool for ecology. These computational models allow scientists to explore the mechanisms through which population and ecosystem ecology arises from how individuals interact with each other and their environment. This book provides the first in-depth treatment of individual-based modeling and its use to develop theoretical understanding of how ecological systems work, an approach the authors call "individual-based ecology.? Grimm and Railsback start with a general primer on modeling: how to design models that are as simple as possible while still allowing specific problems to be solved, and how to move efficiently through a cycle of pattern-oriented model design, implementation, and analysis. Next, they address the problems of theory and conceptual framework for individual-based ecology: What is "theory"? That is, how do we develop reusable models of how system dynamics arise from characteristics of individuals? What conceptual framework do we use when the classical differential equation framework no longer applies? An extensive review illustrates the ecological problems that have been addressed with individual-based models. The authors then identify how the mechanics of building and using individual-based models differ from those of traditional science, and provide guidance on formulating, programming, and analyzing models. This book will be helpful to ecologists interested in modeling, and to other scientists interested in agent-based modeling. ER -