MAS377   Mathematical Biology   (10 credits)

Description

The unit is concerned with the Mathematical Modelling of the growth and spread of biological populations. These models may be deterministic but the emphasis will be on stochastic models where an element of randomness is present. They range from simple models which assume that there is no competition and individuals are free to live and reproduce independently of each other, to more complicated ones where there is interaction between different individuals, for example because of shortage of food or the presence of an epidemic. Where explicit solutions are not readily obtainable, some attention will be paid to approximations and simulations which give a qualitative picture of the behaviour of a model.

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