Ecological modelling: The mathematical mirror to animal nature
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - 12:28
in Mathematics & Economics
Animal behaviour is an endless challenge to mathematical modellers. In this, the first of two features, Mark Buchanan looks at how a mathematical principle from physics might be able to explain patterns of movement. In Arran Frood asks what current models can teach us about ecological networks half a billion years old.
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