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    2017-Biswasa-EtAl-Mathematical Modeling Applied to Sustainable Management of Marine Resources
    We study a nonlinear mathematical model of fishery management to understand dynamics of a fishery resource system in an aquatic environment that consists of two zones; one free fishing zone and...

    Keywords: natural resourcesmarine resourcesfishery model

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    2017-ASHP-Intro to Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
    This is the introductory Lesson 1 in an online set of materials to introduce Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics.

    Keywords: absorptioncompartmentbloodstreamplasmapharmacokineticspharmacodynamicstherapeutic concentration rangedrug dispositiondrug response

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    2017-Agmour-EtAl-Optimization of the Two Fishermen's Profits Exploiting Three Competing Species Where Prices Depend on Harvest
    The main purpose of this work is to define the fishing effort that maximizes the profit of each fisherman, but all of them have to respect two constraints: the first one is the sustainable...

    Keywords: FishingharvestNash equilibriumoptimizeprofits

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    2016-Lewnard-Townsend-Climatic and evolutionary drivers of phase shifts in the plague epidemics of colonial India
    Our analysis shows that historical datasets can yield powerful insights into the transmission dynamics of reemerging disease agents with which we have limited contemporary experience to guide...

    Keywords: infectious diseasepVector-Borne Diseaselagueplague

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    2016-Erno_Keszei-Chemical Kinetics for Beginners
    The most important goal of kinetic research is the identification and characterisation of elementary molecular events which make possible the transformation of reactants into products.

    Keywords: kineticszeroth order reactionfirst order reactionsecond order reactionreaction ratesthird order reaction

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    2016-Devaki-Swathi-System of Differential Equations in Prey Predator Model
    Predation relationship exists in ecological niches throughout the world. This is the species interaction which will be mathematically analyzed and embodied in this work.

    Keywords: extinctionCoevolutionpredatorLotka Volterra equationspre

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    2016-Banks-EtAl-Modeling Bumble Bee Population Dynamics with Delay Differential Equations
    To provide a tool for projecting and testing sensitivity of growth of populations under contrasting and combined pressures, we propose a delay differential equation model that describes...

    Keywords: population modelReproductionspline approximationsBombus terrestrisneonicotinoidsbumble bee

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    2015-Sebesyen-Farago-Invasive Species Model with Linear Rat Harvesting on Easter Island
    In this paper we suggest a natural modification of this model. Namely, we will investigate the case where the amount of the rats is decreased due to some external factor, e.g., exterminations by...

    Keywords: carrying capacityharvestEaster Islandinvasie especiesratsRoughgarden theorem.

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    2015-Liang-EtAl-Advanced ordinary differential equation based head modelling for Chinese marionette art preservation
    This paper addresses the heritage preservation of the marionette head carving by digitalizing the head models with a novel modelling technique using ordinary differential equations (ODEs).

    Keywords: digitizationcontrolmarionetteChinese marionettehead carving

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    2015-Boggess-EtAl-Mathematical Modeling in Ecology - Simulating the Reintroduction of the Extinct Passenger Pigeon
    To determine under which conditions a Passenger Pigeon could survive a reintroduction into a natural habitat, we used two types of models.

    Keywords: simulationagent-based modelingallee_effectPassenger Pigeonsforest envirnomentHolling Type III functional responseBio-energeticstree distributions

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    2014-Yahdi-EtAl-Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis of the Role of Biodiversity to Control Pest Damage in Agroecosystems
    The paper provides a mathematical framework for cost-effective and environmentally safe strategies to minimize alfalfa damage from pests in alfalfa agroecosystems with optimal biodiversity levels.

    Keywords: sensitivity analysispredatorsteady statealfalfaShannon diversity indexplant herbivore

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    2014-Vance-Eads-Sensitivity Analysis of a Three-Species Nonlinear Response Omnivory Model with Predator Stage Structure
    We investigate a three-species nonlinear response omnivory model incorporating stage structure in the top predator. The model consists of four coupled ordinary differential equations involving...

    Keywords: stage structuresensitivity analysismortalityomnivoreomnivory modelsearch rates

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    2014-Enderling-Chaplain-Mathematical Modeling of Tumor Growth and Treatment
    Herein we describe fundamentals of mathematical modeling of tumor growth and tumor-host interactions, and summarize some of the seminal and most prominent approaches.

    Keywords: cancertumor modelingangiogenesistumor growthpatient care

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    RAT ATTACK! Population growth
    This module contains exercises focused on the use and interpretation of density independent and density dependent population growth models. Students build logistic and exponential growth models in...

    Keywords: modelingecologyExcelintroductory biologygraphingQuantitative reasoningdata visualizationinterdisciplinaryexponential growthlogistic growthdata managementInterpreting Graphspopulation modelingNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsnonlinear models

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    2012-José_Sérgio_Domingues-Gompertz Model - Resolution and Analysis for Tumors
    The main objective of this paper is to use the Gompertz equation in order to study the development of blood irrigated solid tumors, using parameters defined in some important bibliographic...

    Keywords: tumorGompertz equationgrowth tumor

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    2011-Lucas_Pulley-Analyzing Predator-Prey Models Using Systems of Ordinary Linear Differential Equations
    This research focused on applying biological mathematics to analyzing predation relationships, especially the relationship between the Canadian Lynx and the Snowshoe Hare.

    Keywords: simulationpredator-preyLotka-VolterrapopulationCanadian LynxSnowshoe Harecritical values

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    2011-Gaff-Lenhart-Use of optimal control models to predict treatment time for managing tick-borne disease
    Tick-borne diseases have been on the rise recently, and correspondingly, there is an increased interest in implementing control measures to decrease the risk. Optimal control provides an ideal tool...

    Keywords: diseaseoptimal controlTICKtick modeehrlichiosisbang bang control

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    2011-Carl_Leinbach-Beyond Newton's law of cooling - estimation of time since death
    The paper offers an excellent history of temperature-based methods and then proceeds to demonstrate these with some data. Here the history is rich and will support student investigation as well as...

    Keywords: time of deathNewton's aw of cooling

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    2009-Schaffer-Bronnikova-Controlling malaria
    The present paper reviews potential control strategies from the viewpoint of mathematical epidemiology.

    Keywords: epidemiologymalariabifurcationmosquitotransgenic mosquitoes

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    2009-James_May-Nonlinear vibration control of long flexible structures
    An automated, non-linear control scheme was developed to transfer energy from the fundamental vibration mode, where most vibration energy of the structures of interest resides, to higher order...

    Keywords: vibrationdampingtuned mass damperviscousnodalmodel dampingflexible structureenergy transfer

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