PřF:M7116 Matrix population models - Course Information
M7116 Matrix population models
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2006
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Pospíšil, Dr. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Pospíšil, Dr.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics – Departments – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Pospíšil, Dr. - Timetable
- Mon 8:00–9:50 UM
- Prerequisites
- any linear algebra, any calculus
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives
- Matrix population models represent one of basic theoretical tools for population ecology and demography. Course schould provide basic information on construction, analysis and interpretation of them.
- Syllabus
- 1. Age and stage structured models
- 2. Leslie and projction matrices
- 3. Steady states, their existence and stability. Perron-Frobenius theorem
- 4. Parameter estimation
- 5. Density-dependent models
- 6. Two-sex models
- Literature
- CASWELL, Hal. Matrix population models :construction, analysis, and interpretation. 2nd ed. Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer Associates, 2001, xvi, 722 s. ISBN 0-87893-096-5. info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Klasická přednáška. V kolokviu je potřeba prokázat orientaci v problematice.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught once in two years.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2006, recent)
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