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3-087-ThanosPopulationDynamicsInteractingSpecies-ModelingScenario

Author(s): Saraha Patterson1, Blain Patterson

Virginia Military Institute, Lexington VA USA

Keywords: species interactions predator-prey competition Lotka-Volterra sensitivity analysis dynamics population

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Resource Image Thanos snaps his fingers and turns half of all living creatures to dust with the hope of restoring balance to the natural world. How does this affect the long term behavior of various species?

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Investigate the validity of his claim by modeling various population dynamics such as competing species and predator-prey.  He was concerned that overpopulation on a planet would eventually lead to the suffering and extinction of the entire population.

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Author(s): Saraha Patterson1, Blain Patterson

Virginia Military Institute, Lexington VA USA

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