Böcker av Miguel F. Acevedo

This practical, classroom-tested guide to modeling methodology explains how to implement simulations and analyze the results using a free, open-source software platform. Based on the author's many years of teaching graduate and undergraduate students in several countries, this textbook brings together principles of modeling methods and theoretic

This practical, classroom-tested guide to modeling methodology explains how to implement simulations and analyze the results using a free, open-source software platform. Based on the author¿s many years of teaching graduate and undergraduate students in several countries, this textbook brings together principles of modeling methods and theoretical foundations for a variety of ecological and environmental models. Theory is accompanied by practical hands-on computer exercises, progressing from easy to difficult. The text also presents a full review of mathematical methods, which makes the book self-contained.