Simulating Ecological and Evolutionary Systems in C

Computer simulations are a powerful tool for understanding ecological and evolutionary systems. Simulating Ecological and Evolutionary Systems in C models a diverse range of biological processes and systems including competition foraging predation mating systems and life-history optimization by simulating large collections of interacting individuals. Using the programming language C the book starts with elementary programs modeling stochastic birth-death processes with programming complexity increasing as the chapters progress. Wilson covers all the important features of C: arrays files pointers and structures within biologically motivated simulations. Although computer simulations of extremely complicated biological processes are released from rigid mathematical constraints he places each of the simulations in the context of a mathematical formulation examined either analytically or numerically.