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1-004-MicroorganismImmigration-ModelingScenario

Author(s): Brian Winkel

SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations

Keywords: continuous immigration population death discrete

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Resource Image We present a modeling opportunity for population death with non-constant immigration and suggest the use of both discrete and continuous models with a comparison of results.

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Consider a situation in which we are studying 50 microorganisms initially in the Petri dish. We lose 50% of the population each hour due to ``forces of death,'' but through a one way hatch some 10 microorganisms per hour can enter our Petri dish in the first hour, 20 microorganisms per hour can enter our Petri dish in the second hour, 30 microorganisms per hour can enter our Petri dish in the third hour, 40 in the fourth hour, etc. Model this situation with (a) a discrete difference equation model and (b) a continuous differential equation model. State all your assumptions used in the model building process. Build your model very carefully and be sure to define your variables and units. Compare your models and comment on differences and similarities.

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Author(s): Brian Winkel

SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations

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