Simulation of insect disease dynamics: an application of SERB to a rangeland ecosystem
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An object-oriented simulation program, SERB (Simulation Environment for Research Biologists), has been used to simulate insect disease dynamics in a rangeland ecosystem. SERB was used to construct a mechanistic simulation model of a fungal pathogen of grasshoppers by synthesizing experimentally derived components. Emphasis is placed on how SERB was used to construct and evaluate the model both in a piece-wise and combined manner to aid in understanding population interactions and dynamics. The interactive nature of SERB in the ZetaLisp environment was found to be highly conductive to model construction, manipulation and evaluation. Detailed examples from several phases of this process are presented from the perspective of a population biologist. The orientation of SERB allows the researcher to focus on a problem in an intuitive and systematic manner, in biological terms, unconstrained by details of an unfamiliar programming environment. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: SIMULATION
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0037-5497
Year: 1988
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Simulation Modeling-The Systems Dynamics Way
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Management Technologies, Inc. of Wellesley, Massachusetts is developing economics systems models using systems dynamics. The models rely more on behavior than do standard models, which rely on economic statistics, and can predict trends. The model, the United States Economic Model, is commercially available. Client- Specific projects generally involve two or three MTI consultants working with the client firm for about six months.
Publication Name: SIMULATION
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0037-5497
Year: 1983
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