PLB 494B - ECOLOGICAL MODELING
Class Website: http://www.public.asu.edu/~jingle/Ecological_Modeling
OR: http://LEML.asu.edu/jingle/Ecological_Modeling
Homework assignment #1
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Option 1
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Reconstruct the population dynamics model of Wu and Barlas (1989)
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Try to reproduce the types of patterns (focus on the general patterns,
not on the exact numerical values)
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Write a report including the structural diagram, STELLA equations, and
graphs showing the reproduced patterns.
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Option 2
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Write a critique on Wu and Barlas (1989) or a different paper on systems
modeling, focusing on
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Strengths of the systems modeling approach
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Shortcomings of the systems modeling approach
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Give 5 ecological problems that can be effectively solved by systems modeling
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Give 5 ecological problems that you think systems modeling is not suited
for.
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Turn in your homework by email to jingle@asu.edu or in hardcopy to LSE709
by Sept. 24, 2002.
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