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#749, v2.0
#765, v1.0
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Authors
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| 1 | 1 | Carrie Diaz Eaton () | |
| 2 | 2 | Carrie Diaz Eaton (Unity College) | |
Description
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| 1 | <p>The original version of the course included agent-based modeling (see Version 1 for those materials). The current version of the course does not include agent-based modeling (I now have a separate course for that). The reference readings have been updated, and the labs now contain discussion questions. At Rhodes College, peer-tutors lead 90-minute labs of 5-6 students each week. There are usually 2-3 lab sections. During the labs, the students participate in a discussion guided by the tutor using the discussion questions, and then the students work on completing the check point exercises. Each lab is designed to take 2-3 weeks. The check point exercise involves completing part of the lab assignment prior to the end of lab and reviewed by the lab tutors. The remainder of the lab assignment is completed outside of lab and class time. The last 20 minutes of lab are reserved for weekly quizzes which cover lecture and lab material. Quizzes are available upon request (bodinee @ rhodes . edu).</p> | 1 | <p>The course description is:</p> |
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| 3 | <p>In this course students will learn how to use discrete mathematical models to analyze problems arising in the biological sciences, without using calculus. The types of models used will include discrete difference equations, matrix models, and agent-based models. Some of the biological applications explored in this course include modeling the population sizes of various species over time, describing how the concentration of a drug in the body changes over time, modeling the process of ecological succession, modeling the concentration of a pollutant in water reservoir, and modeling the frequency of a certain allele in a population over time. To facilitate analyzing mathematical models, students will learn how to utilize the software package MATLAB. One hour a week of this course will be spent in a computer lab. Prerequisites: None</p> | ||
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| 5 | <p>The materials include course readings, problem sets with some solutions, and labs. Please note labs 9 and 10 were directly out of the Railsback & Grimm text, and are not included here.</p> | ||
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| 7 | <p>Books used:</p> | ||
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| 9 | <ol> | ||
| 10 | <li>Mathematics for the Life Sciences by Bodine, Lenhart, & Gross</li> | ||
| 11 | <li>Genetics of Populations by Hedrick</li> | ||
| 12 | <li>Matrix Population Models by Caswell</li> | ||
| 13 | <li>Elements of Mathematical Ecology by Kot</li> | ||
| 14 | <li>Agent- and Individual-Based Modeling by Railsback & Grimm </li> | ||
| 15 | </ol> | ||
Attachments
| 1 | file — ./BiomathVenn.png | 1 | file — DifferenceEquations 1.pdf |
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| 2 | file — ./Lab01 Submission Template.docx | 2 | file — DifferenceEquations.pdf |
| 3 | file — ./Lab02 Submission Template.docx | 3 | file — FinalProject.pdf |
| 4 | file — ./Lab03 Submission Template.docx | 4 | file — Lab1.pdf |
| 5 | file — ./Lab04 Submission Template.docx | 5 | file — Lab11.pdf |
| 6 | file — ./Lab05 Submission Template.docx | 6 | file — Lab2.pdf |
| 7 | file — ./Lab06 Submission Template.docx | 7 | file — Lab3.pdf |
| 8 | file — ./Lab1 v2.0.pdf | 8 | file — Lab4.pdf |
| 9 | file — ./Lab2 v2.0.pdf | 9 | file — Lab5.pdf |
| 10 | file — ./Lab3 v2.0.pdf | 10 | file — Lab6.pdf |
| 11 | file — ./Lab4 v2.0.pdf | 11 | file — Lab7.pdf |
| 12 | file — ./Lab5 v2.0.pdf | 12 | file — Lab8.pdf |
| 13 | file — ./Lab6 v2.0.pdf | 13 | file — MatrixModels.pdf |
| 14 | file — ./Reference Readings -- DifferenceEquations v2.0.pdf | ||
| 15 | file — ./Reference Readings -- MatrixModels v2.0.pdf | ||
| 16 | file — ./Slides -- Difference Equations F2018.pptx | ||
| 17 | file — ./Slides -- Matrix Modeling F2018.pptx |