title: Monte Carlo simulation program for ecosystems.
abstract: A Monte Carlo computer simulation program is designed in order to describe the spatial and time evolution of a population of living individuals under preassigned environmental conditions of energy. The simulation is inspired by previous techniques developed in physics--in particular, in molecular dynamics and simulations of liquids--and it already provides some new insights regarding macroscopic deterministic models in ecology and concerning eventual control of artificial biomass production plants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tecnologia Computadors, Universitat Politècnica Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giró
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valls
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Padró
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wagensberg
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004463:Ecology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D009874:Operations Research; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013997:Time Factors