[Tutor] Lotka-Volterra Model Simulation Questions

[Oscar Benjamin]

On Sep 29, 2012 2:25 AM, "Alan Gauld" <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
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> On 28/09/12 21:32, Jim Apto wrote:
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>> I'm relatively new to python, and was asked to program a lotka-volterra
>> model (predator and prey relation) simulator.
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>
> No idea what that means in practice but commenting purely on the code
provided...
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>
>> x represents prey population
>> y represents predator population
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>
> so use names that say so, like preyPop and predatorPop
> Its only a few extra letters typing but makes things much more readable.

As a mathematician I'd have to disagree with you there Alan. This model
already has an established notation:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotka%E2%80%93Volterra_equation
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