SUBJECT

Title

Numerical Methods and Computer Simulation in Biology

Type of instruction

practical

Level

Master

Faculty

Faculty of Science

Part of degree program

Biology MSc

Credits

Recommended in

Semesters 1-4

Typically offered in

Autumn/Spring semester

Course description

1. Introduction to numerical methods.

2. Generating random numbers & ordering.

3. Solutions to linear set of equations

4. Roots of non-linear equations

5. Numerical integration

6. Numerical solutions to differential equations I

7. Nukerical solutions to differenctial equations II

8. Cellular automta I

9. Cellular automata II

10. Coupled map lattcies

11. Generation of temporally and spatially heterogeneous patterns

12. Optimalization

13. Models of evolution I

14. Models of evolution II

15. Fourier transformation

Readings

Press, W.H., Falnnery, B.P., Teukolsky, S.A. and Vetterling, W.T. 1992. Numerical Recepies in FORTRAN 77: The Art of Scientific Computing. Cambridge Univ. Press
Czárán T. 1998. Spatiotemporal models of population and community dynamics. New York: Chapmann and Hall