Course Overview

I open several related courses. Please visit our lab website for more detailed info on how to choose my lectures based on your preference. http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~tksmiki/for_Students_%28zhong_wen%29.html This is a course intended for students with basic knowledge of life science and/or ecology. Most examples are based on ecological processes, but students in any fields of life science are also welcome. The skills to build and analyze a dynamical model will be obtained in the first stage. The computer software to easily analyze mathematical models without programming will be provided. In the second stage, students will select a subject based on his/her own interest and will learn how to develop a model based on the subject and how to analyze the model. Major topics include: 1. What is the role of theory in biology? 2. Non-spatial population dynamics model 3. Stage-structured population 4. Spatial heterogeneity 5. Interspecific interaction (competition, prey-predator, and herbivory) 6. Ecosystem 7. How to develop a new model?

Learning Achievement

The objectives are to provide students know-how and tacit knowledge to develop a new dynamical model based on research interest. Opportunities to learn basic modeling blocks and how to analyze dynamical models are also provided.

Competence

Course prerequisites

Every student needs to bring his/her own notebook PC/Mac (or Linux). Students are expected to develop their own models in the final stage based on his/her own interest. Backgrounds in some filed of life science/biology are required.

Grading Philosophy

Course schedule

Course type

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Takeshi Miki

Other information

(College of Science) Graduate Institute of Oceanography, Marine Biology & Fisheries Division,

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