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The notion of a biodiversity loss has been identified as a major devastating biological phenomenon which needs to be mitigated against. In the short term, we have utilised a Matlab numerical scheme to quantify the effects of decreasing and increasing the inter – competition coefficients on biodiversity loss and biodiversity gain. On the simplifying assumption of a fixed initial condition(4,10), two enhancing factors of intrinsic growth rates, two inhibiting growth rates of intra – competition coefficients and two inhibiting growth rates of inter – competition coefficients. The novel results that we have obtained; which we have not seen elsewhere complement our recent contribution to knowledge in the context of applying a numerical scheme to predict both biodiversity loss and biodiversity gain.
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Land degradation being an aspect of desertification is one of the challenging environmental problems which depends on the process of a mathematical modelling. To tackle this formidable environmental science problem, we have developed a sound database system that is driven by a computationally efficient numerical scheme to clearly show that the loss of land’s biological and economic productivityand complexity as defined by UNCCD [1] is more vulnerable to depletion ranging from the average value vulnerability of depletion of 7.95 approximately to 0.6 approximately. As a response to decreasing the natural growth rate of land use from0.6 to 0.006 provided the initial consumption units of land use ranges from its value of 100 to 1500. On the basis of this quantification, when the notion of the human population modelling is considered, the results of this present analysis clearly show that the smaller the initial consumption of land use, the more vulnerable land degradation can occur whereas the bigger the initial consumption of land use is associated with a weak vulnerability to degradation which is clearly smaller than the average vulnerability to depletion. These detailed results that we have obtained showed clear sustainable development implication which has not been seen elsewhere; these are carefully presented and discussed quantitatively
Modelling the Increasing Differential Effects of the First Inter-Competition ...IJAEMSJORNAL
One of the intrinsic factors that affects the growth of two phytoplankton species is called the inter-competition coefficient. When this parameter value is decreased, the first phytoplankton specie benefit from biodiversity gain whereas the second phytoplankton specie is vulnerable to biodiversity loss. In contrast, when the same parameter value is increased from the value of 0.0525 to 0.099 the first phytoplankton specie dominantly suffers from a biodiversity loss whereas the second phytoplankton specie benefits from a biodiversity gain. The novel results that we have obtained have not been seen elsewhere but compliments our current contribution to knowledge in this challenging interdisciplinary research; these full results are presented and discussed quantitatively.
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Experts in the mathematical modeling for two interacting technologies have observed the different contributions between the intraspecific and the interspecific coefficients in conjunction with the starting population sizes and the trading period. In this complex multi-parameter system of competing technologies which evolve over time, we have used the numerical method of mathematical norms to measure the sensitivity values of the intraspecific coefficients b and e, the starting population sizes of the two interacting technologies and the duration of trading. We have observed that the two intraspecific coefficients can be considered as most sensitive parameter while the starting populations are called least sensitive. We will expect these contributions to provide useful insights in the determination of the important parameters which drive the dynamics of the technological substitution model in the context of one-at-a-timesensitivity analysis
The document provides an overview of the Analytics Opportunity in Healthcare. It discusses the value of analytics in healthcare, shares examples of best and worst analytics projects, and introduces the Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN) and how it is adding intelligence to its network. The document contains details about the Institute for Healthcare Business Intelligence (IHBI) at Carnegie Mellon University, including its customers, partners, datasets, and research focus areas like data science and predictive modeling.
Modelling the effects of decreasing the inter–competition coefficients on bio...IJAEMSJORNAL
The notion of a biodiversity loss has been identified as a major devastating biological phenomenon which needs to be mitigated against. In the short term, we have utilised a Matlab numerical scheme to quantify the effects of decreasing and increasing the inter – competition coefficients on biodiversity loss and biodiversity gain. On the simplifying assumption of a fixed initial condition(4,10), two enhancing factors of intrinsic growth rates, two inhibiting growth rates of intra – competition coefficients and two inhibiting growth rates of inter – competition coefficients. The novel results that we have obtained; which we have not seen elsewhere complement our recent contribution to knowledge in the context of applying a numerical scheme to predict both biodiversity loss and biodiversity gain.
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Land degradation being an aspect of desertification is one of the challenging environmental problems which depends on the process of a mathematical modelling. To tackle this formidable environmental science problem, we have developed a sound database system that is driven by a computationally efficient numerical scheme to clearly show that the loss of land’s biological and economic productivityand complexity as defined by UNCCD [1] is more vulnerable to depletion ranging from the average value vulnerability of depletion of 7.95 approximately to 0.6 approximately. As a response to decreasing the natural growth rate of land use from0.6 to 0.006 provided the initial consumption units of land use ranges from its value of 100 to 1500. On the basis of this quantification, when the notion of the human population modelling is considered, the results of this present analysis clearly show that the smaller the initial consumption of land use, the more vulnerable land degradation can occur whereas the bigger the initial consumption of land use is associated with a weak vulnerability to degradation which is clearly smaller than the average vulnerability to depletion. These detailed results that we have obtained showed clear sustainable development implication which has not been seen elsewhere; these are carefully presented and discussed quantitatively
Modelling the Increasing Differential Effects of the First Inter-Competition ...IJAEMSJORNAL
One of the intrinsic factors that affects the growth of two phytoplankton species is called the inter-competition coefficient. When this parameter value is decreased, the first phytoplankton specie benefit from biodiversity gain whereas the second phytoplankton specie is vulnerable to biodiversity loss. In contrast, when the same parameter value is increased from the value of 0.0525 to 0.099 the first phytoplankton specie dominantly suffers from a biodiversity loss whereas the second phytoplankton specie benefits from a biodiversity gain. The novel results that we have obtained have not been seen elsewhere but compliments our current contribution to knowledge in this challenging interdisciplinary research; these full results are presented and discussed quantitatively.
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The ecological concept of biodiversity is a challenging environmental problem that requires a sound mathematical reasoning. We have used the method of a numerical simulation that is indexed by a numerical scheme to predict biodiversity loss and biodiversity gain due to a decreasing and increasing variations of the intrinsic growth rates together. The novel results that we have obtained that we have not seen elsewhere, but do complement other similar numerical predictions of biodiversity are presented and discussed quantitatively.
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The qualitative behavior of a multi-parameter dynamical system has been investigated. It is shown that changes in the initial data of a dynamical system will affect the stabilization of the steady-state solution which is originally unstable. It is further shown that the stabilization of a five-dimensional dynamical system can be used as an alternative method of verifying qualitatively the concept of the stability of a unique positive steady-state solution. These novel contributions have not been seen elsewhere; these are presented and discussed in this paper.
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The estimation of rainfall intensity is commonly required for the design of hydraulic and water resources engineering control structures. The intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) relationship is a mathematical relationship between the rainfall intensity, the duration and the return period. The present study aimed the derivation of IDF curves of Yermarus Raingauge Station of Raichur District with 19 years of rainfall data (1998 to 2016). The Normal Distribution, Log Normal Distribution, Gumbel distribution, Pearson Type III Distribution and Log Pearsons Type III Distribution techniques are used to Find the rainfall intensity values of 2, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 120, 720, 1440 minutes of rainfall duration with different return period. Chi Square test was conducted to find the goodness of fit the short duration IDF using daily rainfall data are presented, which is input for water resources projects.
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Experts in the mathematical modeling for two interacting technologies have observed the different contributions between the intraspecific and the interspecific coefficients in conjunction with the starting population sizes and the trading period. In this complex multi-parameter system of competing technologies which evolve over time, we have used the numerical method of mathematical norms to measure the sensitivity values of the intraspecific coefficients b and e, the starting population sizes of the two interacting technologies and the duration of trading. We have observed that the two intraspecific coefficients can be considered as most sensitive parameter while the starting populations are called least sensitive. We will expect these contributions to provide useful insights in the determination of the important parameters which drive the dynamics of the technological substitution model in the context of one-at-a-timesensitivity analysis
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Fitting of Normal Distribution by Using Areas Method between Rainfall and Gro...IIJSRJournal
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Jevons Paradox : Evidence from India and BangladeshMuntasir Murshed
Jevons paradox is based on the fact that when
technological progress increases the efficiency
with which a resource is used (reducing the
amount necessary for any one use), but the rate
of consumption of that resource rises because of
increasing demand
• Thus, Jevons (1985) asserted a positive
association between energy efficiency and
energy consumption
• The Jevons paradox is perhaps the most widely
known paradox in environmental economics
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FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING, MATHEMATICS & DIGITAL MEDIA
REASSESSMENT COURSEWORK 2013/14
UNIT CODE:
6G6Z3005
UNIT DESC:
APPLIED REGRESSION AND MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
ASSESSMENT ID:
1CWK30
ASSESSMENT NAME:
Courswork 30%
WEIGHT
FACTOR: 30%
See below.
NAME OF STAFF SETTING ASSIGNMENT: Dr B L Shea
0
MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING, MATHEMATICS & DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014:
REFERRED COURSEWORK
BSC(HONS) FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS
BSC(HONS) MATHEMATICS
YEAR/STAGE THREE
UNIT 6G6Z3005 : APPLIED REGRESSION AND MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
Answer ALL questions.
The pass mark is 40% which corresponds to a minimum of 72
marks out of a possible 180 marks.
The deadline is 8th August 2014.
SECTION A
1. (a) Three measurementsx1, x2 andx3 have the following sample covariance matrix.
∑̂ =
9 2 0
2 4 1
0 1 4
(i) Verify that the corresponding sample correlation matrix C, is given by
C =
1 13 0
1
3 1
1
4
0 14 1
[2]
(ii) Given that one of the eigenvalues of C is equal to one, calculate the other two
eigenvalues and determine the proportion of the variation in the data explained
by the first principal component.
[6]
(iii) Using the sample correlation matrix C, calculate the first principal component.
[6]
(b) A Principal Components Analysis of the prices of food items in 23 cities was carried
out with a view to forming a measure of the Consumer Price Index(CPI). A Minitab
analysis of this data is attached.
(i) Explain why Principal Components Analysis was performedon the correlation
matrix instead of the covariance matrix.
[2]
(ii) If the first Principal Component is taken as a measure of the CPI calculate, to
one decimal place, the value of the index for Atlanta.
[2]
(iii) Which is the most expensive city and which is the least expensive city?
[2]
(Question 1 continued overleaf)
1
(Question 1 continued)
Minitab output for Question 1
Descriptive Statistics: bread, burger, milk, oranges, tomatoes
Variable N Mean Median TrMean StDev SE Mean
bread 23 25.291 25.300 25.267 2.507 0.523
burger 23 91.86 91.00 91.63 7.55 1.58
milk 23 62.30 62.50 61.96 6.95 1.45
oranges 23 102.99 105.90 102.90 14.24 2.97
tomatoes 23 48.77 46.80 48.74 7.60 1.59
Principal Component Analysis: bread, burger, milk, oranges, tomatoes
Eigenanalysis of the Correlation Matrix
Eigenvalue 2.4225 1.1047 0.7385 0.4936 0.2408
Proportion 0.484 0.221 0.148 0.099 0.048
Cumulative 0.484 0.705 0.853 0.952 1.000
Variable PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4 PC5
bread 0.496 -0.309 0.386 -0.509 -0.500
burger 0.576 -0.044 0.262 0.028 0.773
milk 0.340 -0.431 -0.835 -0.049 0.008
oranges 0.225 0.797 -0.292 -0.479 -0.006
tomatoes 0.506 0.287 0.012 0.713 -0.391
(Question 1 continued overleaf)
2
(Question 1 continued)
Data Display
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Computation is now regarded as an equal and
indispensable partner, along with theory and experiment, in the
advance of scientific knowledge and engineering practice.
Numerical simulation enables the study of complex systems and
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even impossible, to study by direct experimentation. The quest
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requires enormous computational capacity, and has provided the
impetus for dramatic breakthroughs in computer algorithms and
architectures. Due to these advances, computational scientists
and engineers can now solve large-scale problems that were once
thought intractable. Computational science and engineering
(CSE) is a rapidly growing multidisciplinary area with
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computer science. CSE focuses on the development of problemsolving
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scientific discovery process and engineering design. The
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the state-of-the-art Deeplabv3+ architecture with the ResNet18 backbone. The
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technological progress increases the efficiency
with which a resource is used (reducing the
amount necessary for any one use), but the rate
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1 FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SCHOOL OF COMPUT.docxmercysuttle
1
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING, MATHEMATICS & DIGITAL MEDIA
REASSESSMENT COURSEWORK 2013/14
UNIT CODE:
6G6Z3005
UNIT DESC:
APPLIED REGRESSION AND MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
ASSESSMENT ID:
1CWK30
ASSESSMENT NAME:
Courswork 30%
WEIGHT
FACTOR: 30%
See below.
NAME OF STAFF SETTING ASSIGNMENT: Dr B L Shea
0
MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING, MATHEMATICS & DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014:
REFERRED COURSEWORK
BSC(HONS) FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS
BSC(HONS) MATHEMATICS
YEAR/STAGE THREE
UNIT 6G6Z3005 : APPLIED REGRESSION AND MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
Answer ALL questions.
The pass mark is 40% which corresponds to a minimum of 72
marks out of a possible 180 marks.
The deadline is 8th August 2014.
SECTION A
1. (a) Three measurementsx1, x2 andx3 have the following sample covariance matrix.
∑̂ =
9 2 0
2 4 1
0 1 4
(i) Verify that the corresponding sample correlation matrix C, is given by
C =
1 13 0
1
3 1
1
4
0 14 1
[2]
(ii) Given that one of the eigenvalues of C is equal to one, calculate the other two
eigenvalues and determine the proportion of the variation in the data explained
by the first principal component.
[6]
(iii) Using the sample correlation matrix C, calculate the first principal component.
[6]
(b) A Principal Components Analysis of the prices of food items in 23 cities was carried
out with a view to forming a measure of the Consumer Price Index(CPI). A Minitab
analysis of this data is attached.
(i) Explain why Principal Components Analysis was performedon the correlation
matrix instead of the covariance matrix.
[2]
(ii) If the first Principal Component is taken as a measure of the CPI calculate, to
one decimal place, the value of the index for Atlanta.
[2]
(iii) Which is the most expensive city and which is the least expensive city?
[2]
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Minitab output for Question 1
Descriptive Statistics: bread, burger, milk, oranges, tomatoes
Variable N Mean Median TrMean StDev SE Mean
bread 23 25.291 25.300 25.267 2.507 0.523
burger 23 91.86 91.00 91.63 7.55 1.58
milk 23 62.30 62.50 61.96 6.95 1.45
oranges 23 102.99 105.90 102.90 14.24 2.97
tomatoes 23 48.77 46.80 48.74 7.60 1.59
Principal Component Analysis: bread, burger, milk, oranges, tomatoes
Eigenanalysis of the Correlation Matrix
Eigenvalue 2.4225 1.1047 0.7385 0.4936 0.2408
Proportion 0.484 0.221 0.148 0.099 0.048
Cumulative 0.484 0.705 0.853 0.952 1.000
Variable PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4 PC5
bread 0.496 -0.309 0.386 -0.509 -0.500
burger 0.576 -0.044 0.262 0.028 0.773
milk 0.340 -0.431 -0.835 -0.049 0.008
oranges 0.225 0.797 -0.292 -0.479 -0.006
tomatoes 0.506 0.287 0.012 0.713 -0.391
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Simulation modelling of the effect of a random disturbance on biodiversity of a mathematical model of mutualism between two interacting yeast species
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Simulation modelling of the effect of a random
disturbance on biodiversity of a mathematical
model of mutualism between two interacting
yeast species
Eke, Nwagrabe1
; Atsu, J. U.2
; Ekaka-a, E. N3
1
Department of Mathematics/Statistics, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
2
Department of Mathematics/Statistics, Cross River University of Technology, Calabar, Nigeria.
3
Department of Mathematics, Rivers State University Nkporlu–Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Abstract— The effect of a random disturbance on the
ecosystem is one of the oldest scientific observations of
which its effect on biodiversity is no exception. We have
used ODE 45 numerical scheme to tackle this problem.
The novel results that we have obtained have not been
seen elsewhere; these are presented and fully discussed
quantitatively.
Keywords— Random disturbance, numerical scheme,
biodiversity, dynamical system, stochastic, deterministic
dynamical system.
I. INTRODUCTION
An ecological dynamical system is inherently stochastic
in its scientific construction and definition. In this
scenario, a deterministic definition of an ecological
dynamical system is a special case of a stochastic
ecological system that is more highly vulnerable to
random disturbance which can be attributed to the other
environmental and climatic factors and other
characteristics of the ecosystem which we cannot go into
in detailed discussion. However, there are two factors that
may have a high potential to influence the performance of
biodiversity gain. One of these factors could be a
conducive steady environment that is less hostile to
interaction between yeast populations. The other factor
could be attributed to an ecological system where human
activities do not have a huge impact on the growing yeast
species. These two factors put together are capable to
improve the performance of yeast species in terms of their
yields that can mimic strong evidence of biodiversity
gain. In other words, a random noise disturbance in terms
of these mentioned factors may not necessarily bring
about biodiversity loss but are capable to increase the
magnitude of biodiversity gain.
II. MATERIALS AND METHODS
We have considered a semi – stochastic fashion of our
deterministic dynamical system in which a dynamical
system with two random noise perturbation scenarios of
0.01 and 0.1 in the first instance and next for a random
noise perturbation of 0.8. This method is based on the 150
percent variation of the inter-competition coefficients
together.
III. RESULTS
The corresponding results of this study are presented in
Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, Table 4, Table 5, and Table 6
Table.1: Quantifying the effect of a random disturbance having the intensity of 0.01 on biodiversity gain using ODE 45
numerical scheme. Scenario One
Example 𝑥(𝑡) 𝑥 𝑚(𝑡) 𝐵𝐺 (%) 𝑦(𝑡) 𝑦 𝑚(𝑡) 𝐵𝐺 (%)
1 4.0000 4.0000 0 10.0000 10.0000 0
2 4.4497 4.5132 1.4276 10.7618 10.8509 0.8273
3 4.9514 5.1133 3.2706 11.5776 11.7320 1.3340
4 5.5111 5.7691 4.6831 12.4505 12.6952 1.9650
5 6.1356 6.5317 6.4556 13.3844 13.7425 2.6755
6 6.8325 7.3519 7.6024 14.3829 14.8480 3.2337
7 7.6102 8.2747 8.7320 15.4502 16.0596 3.9444
8 8.4778 9.3598 10.4040 16.5906 17.3229 4.4139
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Example 𝑥(𝑡) 𝑥 𝑚(𝑡) 𝐵𝐺(%) 𝑦(𝑡) 𝑦 𝑚(𝑡) 𝐵𝐺(%)
13 14.5569 26.0227 78.7651 23.5705 33.5233 42.2257
14 16.2134 29.7098 83.2424 25.2650 36.7004 45.2614
15 18.0522 34.0788 88.7790 27.0765 40.6045 49.9621
16 20.0902 39.0831 94.5379 29.0141 44.6849 54.0111
17 22.3450 44.9096 100.9828 31.0880 48.9859 57.5719
18 24.8344 51.3077 106.5995 33.3096 53.9942 62.0979
19 27.5763 58.3908 111.7429 35.6920 60.0885 68.3532
20 30.5884 66.7729 118.2950 38.2492 66.8022 74.6498
Table.6: Quantifying the effect of a random disturbance having the intensity of 0.8 on biodiversity gain using ODE 45
numerical scheme. Scenario Six
Example 𝑥(𝑡) 𝑥 𝑚(𝑡) 𝐵𝐺(%) 𝑦(𝑡) 𝑦 𝑚(𝑡) 𝐵𝐺(%)
1 4.0000 4.0000 0 10.0000 10.0000 0
2 4.4497 4.8883 9.8575 10.7618 11.1320 3.4394
3 4.9514 5.9583 20.3360 11.5776 12.4481 7.5191
4 5.5111 6.9956 26.9379 12.4505 13.8045 10.8751
5 6.1356 8.2553 34.5478 13.3844 15.3543 14.7181
6 6.8325 9.7534 42.7497 14.3829 17.0949 18.8558
7 7.6102 11.3727 49.4406 15.4502 18.7917 21.6279
8 8.4778 13.1416 55.0121 16.5906 20.8438 25.6357
9 9.4456 15.2574 61.5298 17.8090 22.9964 29.1282
10 10.5247 17.3844 65.1771 19.1103 25.2481 32.1174
11 11.7273 19.9983 70.5275 20.5002 27.7474 35.3519
12 13.0666 23.1748 77.3585 21.9847 30.5111 38.7835
13 14.5569 26.8443 84.4089 23.5705 33.4027 41.7137
14 16.2134 31.0127 91.2778 25.2650 36.8937 46.0266
15 18.0522 35.6022 97.2178 27.0765 40.4674 49.4558
16 20.0902 40.7135 102.6534 29.0141 44.7757 54.3243
17 22.3450 46.7144 109.0600 31.0880 49.3679 58.8006
18 24.8344 53.3229 114.7143 33.3096 54.9415 64.9419
19 27.5763 61.0529 121.3966 35.6920 60.9044 70.6391
20 30.5884 69.7168 127.9196 38.2492 67.8519 77.3942
IV. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
For a random noise variation of 0.01 and 0.1 over
repeated simulations as shown on Table 1 to table 4, we
have observed a relatively smaller prediction of
biodiversity gain whereas for a random noise variation of
0.8, we have observed a bigger prediction of biodiversity
gain. On the basis of this present analysis, a random noise
inclusion which may be considered as having a negative
effect, has turned out in this scenario to have a positive
effect on the ecological services.
V. CONCLUSION
Not all random noise driven factors do predict
biodiversity loss. We have utilized the technique of a
numerical simulation to predict that a higher random
noise perturbation has the potential to predict bigger
volumes of biodiversity gain than a lower random noise
perturbation, provided the two yeast species interact
mutually on the simplifying assumption of varying the
inter-competition coefficients together. This numerical
result complements a popular ecological idea that in a
harsh ecological environment, species tend to benefit each
other (Ekaka-a 2009, Ford, Lumb, Ekaka-a 2010). The
predictions of this present study are based on the one
hundred and fifty (150) percent variations of the inter
competition coefficients together on the simplifying
assumption that the intra-competition coefficients
outweigh the inter-competition coefficients. However, we
have not extended this idea to the scenario of two (2)
competing yeast species undergoing a random noise
perturbation. This will be the subject of our next
investigation.
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