An Introduction to Computer Assisted Analysis in the Biological Sciences.

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619

National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.

NSF-GZ-3469

Biological Sciences; College Science; Componential Analysis; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Oriented Programs; Computer Programs; Genetics; Growth Patterns; Higher Education; Models; Population Growth; Problems; Textbooks

This set of notes is designed to introduce the student to the development and use of computer-based models, and to analyze quantitative phenomena in the life sciences. Only BASIC programming language is used. The ten chapter titles are: The Growth of a Single Species; The Association of Two Species; Parameter Determination; Automated Parameter Determination; Multivariable Search Methods; Life Tables; Applications to Genetics; Random Processes; Compartmental Analysis; and Simulating Tree Growth with a Computer. Most chapters include problem and reference sections. (MK)

1980

ED178348