Grad Seminar: Modeling a Biological Invasion by Integrodifference Equation
Author: UNB
Posted on Nov 25, 2013
Category: Seminars and Colloquia
Graduate Seminar
Modeling a Biological Invasion by Integrodifference Equation
Ali Gharouni (UNB)
Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 3:30 pm
Tilley Hall Room 224
An integrodifference equation model is one of several types of mathematical models (ODE, PDE, delay, stochastic,…) that are used to study and predict the dynamics of a biological invasion. Integrodifferences incorporate models for the local demography and the dispersal of a population in a discrete time and continuous space. It has been proven that this category of models produce a particular solution known as a “travelling wave solution”. The speed of the generated wave is interpreted as the invasion speed. In this talk, I discuss some mathematical results for intergrodifference equations and use as an example the “European green crab invasion”, which was my motivation of doing research on this type of models.