A review of attraction and repulsion models of aggregation: Methods, findings and a discussion of model validation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1897-1911

  Schellinck, Jen ^a   White, Tony ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cognition; Mathematical model; Model validation; Perception; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COGNITION; MODEL VALIDATION; PERCEPTION; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COORDINATION REACTIONS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH WORK; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; ENGRAULIDAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 79955089910     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.03.013     Document Type: Review

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