Module MA4450-KP07

Modeling Biological Systems (MoBSKP07)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

7

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Bachelor CLS 2016, compulsory, mathematics

Classes and lectures:

  • Modeling Biological Systems (exercise, 2 SWS)
  • Modeling Biological Systems (lecture, 3 SWS)

Workload:

  • 20 hours exam preparation
  • 130 hours private studies and exercises
  • 60 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

  • Elementary time-discrete deterministic models
  • Structured time-discrete population dynamics
  • Markov-Ketten mit Anwendungen
  • Galton-Watson processes
  • Multitype Galton-Watson processes
  • Modeling of data and data analysis

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • Students have knowledge of elementary time-discrete models for modeling biological processes
  • They develop skills in connecting ideas from different fields of mathematics
  • They have competencies in data analysis and modelling
  • They develop competencies in interdisciplinary work

Grading through:

  • exercises and project assignments
  • written exam

Literature:

  • F. Braer, C. Castillo-Chavez : Mathematical Models in Population Biology New York: Springer 2000
  • H. Caswell : Matrix Population Models Sunderland: Sinauer Associates 2001
  • S. N. Elaydi : An Introduction to Difference Equations New York: Springer 1999
  • B. Huppert : Angewandte Lineare Algebra Berlin: de Gruyter 1990
  • U. Krengel : Einführung in die Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie und Statistik Wiesbaden: Vieweg 2002
  • E. Seneta : Non-negative Matrices and Markov Chains New York: Springer 1981

Language:

  • offered only in German

Notes:

The lecture is identical to that in module
MA4450.

Last Updated:

28.09.2021