1) Introduction and simple population dynamics

Question 1

What is the difference between epistemic and aleatoric uncertainty

Answer 1

Epistemic uncertainty - lack of knowledge about the system being modelled
Alleatoric uncertainty - from fluctuations inherent in noisy systems.

Question 2

What is the Malthusian model for population growth

Answer 2

Question 3

What is the logistic growth model

Answer 3

Question 4

What is nondimensionalisation, and how is it applied to the logistic growth law

Answer 4

• Nondimensionalisation is a technique to simplify models by introducing dimensionless variables and units
• Application to Logistic Growth Law - x= N/K and τ =rt