| NBID31 |
Modelling of Biological Systems, 6 ECTS credits.
/Modelling of Biological Systems/
For:
ECO
I
Ii
|
| |
Prel. scheduled
hours: 48
Rec. self-study hours: 112
|
| |
Area of Education: Science
Main field of studies: Biology
|
| |
Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): A
|
|
Aim:
To use basic knowledge of models for applied and theoretical problems in ecology. To use the three stages (i) formulate and construct a mathematical model from verbal description of known experimental relations, (ii) mathematicallly analyse and apply a model, and (iii) interprete and evaluate the mathematical analysis in the context of the experimental knowledge.
|
|
Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
120 ECTS including NBID53 or TFBI23 or equivalent.
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
|
|
Organisation:
Lectures, seminars, and projects.
|
|
Course contents:
Basic R programming. Discrete and continuous models. Deterministic and stochastic models. Modern presentation techniques.
|
|
Course literature:
Mooney and Swift, 1999: A Course in Mathematical Modeling.
|
|
Examination: |
|
Hand-in exercises
Project
|
4 ECTS
2 ECTS
|
| |
|
Grades given are Fail or Pass. |
Course language is English.
Department offering the course: IFM.
Director of Studies: Agneta Johansson
Examiner: Anna Eklöf
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
|