Title :
Parallel individual-based modeling of Everglades deer ecology
Author :
Abbott, Catherine A. ; Berry, M.W. ; Comiskey, E. Jane ; Gross, L.J. ; Luh, Hank-Kwang
Author_Institution :
Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA
Abstract :
Individual-based models of animal ecology can take into account spatio-temporal details of a natural environment that are overly simplified in models based on averaged variables. Parallelizing a model that simulates long-term populations of deer and panthers in the Everglades region of south Florida allows faster computation of complex scenarios and better exploration of hydrologic management alternatives
Keywords :
digital simulation; ecology; hydrology; parallel programming; Everglades deer ecology; animal ecology; hydrologic management; individual-based modeling; natural environment; panthers; parallel individual-based modeling; south Florida; Aging; Animals; Biological system modeling; Biology computing; Computational modeling; Concurrent computing; Environmental factors; Predictive models; Resource management; Water resources;
Journal_Title :
Computational Science & Engineering, IEEE
