ecolMod (version 1.2.6.4)

ecolMod-package: A practical guide to ecological modelling - using R as a simulation platform

Description

Figures, data sets and examples from the book "A practical guide to ecological modelling - using R as a simulation platform" by Karline Soetaert and Peter MJ Herman (2009). Springer, 372 pp.

http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/ecology/book/978-1-4020-8623-6

All figures from chapter x can be generated by demo(chapx), where x = 1 to 11.

The R-scripts of the model examples discussed in the book are in subdirectory "examples", ordered per chapter.

Solutions to model projects are in the same subdirectories.

Author

Karline Soetaert (Maintainer) and Peter M.J. Herman

Details

Package:	ecolMod
Type:	Package
Version:	1.2.3
Date:	2011-03-15
License:	GNU Public License 2 or above

See Also

• OMEXDIAsteady steady-state application of the OMEXDIA diagenetic model - a fortran DLL

• SCOC a Sediment Community Oxygen Consumption (SCOC) dataset

• Zoogrowtha zooplankton growth dataset

• deepCmin results of the calibration exercise from chapter 4.4.4

• dilution Draws dilution culture setup

• pricefit Pseudo-random search algorithm of Price (1997)

Examples

if (FALSE) {
## show examples (see respective help pages for details)
example(pricefit)
example(SCOC)

## run demos
demo("chap1") # chapter 1. Introduction
demo("chap2") # chapter 2. Model formulation
demo("chap3") # chapter 3. Spatial components and transport
demo("chap4") # chapter 4. Parameterisation
demo("chap5") # chapter 5. Model solution - analytical methods
demo("chap6") # chapter 6. Model solution - numerical methods
demo("chap7") # chapter 7. Stability and steady-state
demo("chap8") # chapter 8. Multiple time scales and equilibrium processes
demo("chap9") # chapter 9. Discrete time models
demo("chap10") # chapter 10. Dynamic programming
demo("chap11") # chapter 11. Testing and validating the model

## open the directory with source code of demos
browseURL(paste(system.file(package="ecolMod"), "/demo", sep=""))

## open the directory with book examples
browseURL(paste(system.file(package="ecolMod"), "/doc/examples", sep=""))

## ecolMod vignette:
vignette("ecolMod")
}