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    Ecological Forecasting Student Resource: Overview of Forecasting, Potential Careers, Helpful Courses
    Are you an undergraduate or graduate student interested in learning more about ecological forecasting? Or do you work with students that are exploring career options? This is short resource...
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    Ecological Forecasting Repository of Online Educational Resources
    This pdf provides a list of over 100 educational resources related to tools and skills related to ecological forecasting.

    Keywords: statisticsvideosecologymodel buildingmodulespythonecological forecastingonline course materialcode repositoriesonline textbooksbasics of Rdata sourcesdata skillsforecast cycleapplying forecastsdecision science

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    Are you teaching biostatistics with R? Suggestions to help you as work with your students.
    Teaching students how to code and analyze data in R is important for the fields of biology and ecology. Olivia Tabares and the Ecological Forecasting Education Working Group created this resource...

    Keywords: biostatisticsecologybiologyR code

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    2017-GR_Gustafson-Differential Equations Course Materials
    There are many applications from compartment and cascade analysis, recycling brine tank, home heating with multiple rooms, chemostat, microbes, heartbeats, lidocaine, nutrient flow in an aquarium,...

    Keywords: chemostatmicrobesbiomassforecastingtransfercompartmentpesticidesearthquaketankheatinglidocainebrineheartbeatsnutrient flowaquariumelectric networkscircuitsloggingbuildingcascade

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    1-060-SalesMarketing-ModelingScenario
    We lead students through a sales forecasting model based on marketing principles first espoused by F. M. Bass with definitions, assumptions, equations, and data on sales over 15 year periods...

    Keywords: marketingBass modelsalesconsumer productsinnovatorsimitators

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    Ethics in ecological forecasting: four case-based teaching modules
    Working with ecological data often involves ethical considerations, particularly when data are applied to address societal needs. However, data science ethics are rarely included as part of...

    Keywords: data scienceremote sensingethicsuncertaintyecological forecastingindigenous knowledgetropical forestscultural competenceconflicts of interestmarine fisheriesflying foxesfreshwater qualityinequities

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    Are you learning R? Suggestions to help you as you learn.
    Learning how to code and analyze data in R is an important skill. Olivia Tabares and the Ecological Forecasting Education Working Group created this resource to encourage individuals who are...

    Keywords: R code

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    1999-Meyer-Ausubel-Carrying Capacity-A Model with Logistically Varying Limits
    This paper extends the logistic equation to simple growth model with a logistically increasing carrying capacity. This is applied to human population situations in several countries with fits to data.

    Keywords: population dynamicsparameter estimationlimited growthgrowthlogisitic

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    Flying into the eye of a hurricane with Meteorologist Jeff Hawkins
    Jeff Hawkins has worked in meteorology since the 1970s. He talks to us about why he is interested in hurricanes, how he got into the field, highlights what the experience of flying into a hurricane...

    Keywords: meteorologyhurricane

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    2008-Duran-Caginalp-Parameter optimization for differential equations in asset price forecasting
    The optimization procedure is used in conjunction with daily market prices (MPs) and net asset values to determine the parameters for which the AFDE yield the best fit for the previous n days.

    Keywords: financeinverse problemnumerical nonlinear optimizationasset flowfinancial market dynamicsmarket return prediction algorithm

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    Measuring streamflow using the float method
    Streamflow, the amount of water flowing in a creek, stream, or river at a certain point in time, is critical to people and the environment. Knowing the amount of flowing water is important for...

    Keywords: River Field Studies Networkstreamflowstreamflow measurements

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    2017-Rosario-Antony-Mathematical Model for Future Population Scenario In India And China – An Econometric Approach
    A mathematical model including dynamical systems, statistical models and differential equations involves variety abstract structures. Population growth is one of the main issues in India and China...

    Keywords: logisticIndiavital coefficientsAsiaCarrying Vapacitiyannual growth rate

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    1-136-MarriageAge-ModelingScenario
    Students will build and analyze a model of the fraction of people who are married (for the first time) by a certain age. Students are asked to set up and solve these differential equations. They...

    Keywords: messagesmarriageusing social sciences in forecastingdirected

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    2016-Manheim-EtAl-Improving Decision Support for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
    This report describes decision-support tools, including models and nonmodeling approaches, that are relevant to infectious disease prevention, detection, and response and aligns these tools with...

    Keywords: infectious diseaseecosystemepidemicmodel policy

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