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Hauhs, Michael ; Trancón y Widemann, Baltasar:
Application of algebra and coalgebra in scientific modelling: Illustrated with the Logistic Map.
In: Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science.
Vol. 264
(2010)
Issue 2
.
- pp. 105-123.
ISSN 1571-0661
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcs.2010.07.016
Abstract in another language
In computer science, the algebra–coalgebra duality serves as a formal framework for connecting the perspectives of state-based and behavior-based models. In other sciences such as ecology, these perspectives are seemingly harder to reconcile. We explore modelling paradigms, in the sense of philosophy of science, as an intermediate step in translating the (co)algebraic framework from computer science into applications in ecology. We illustrate the application potential of this approach with a simple model from theoretical ecology: the logistic map. Several versions of algebraic models with progressively more sophisticated carriers and operations are introduced and finally contrasted with a corresponding coalgebraic model. We illustrate two modelling paradigms with these examples. Only one of these has traditionally been used in ecology. The second one, which is based on a coalgebraic dualisation, offers new modelling perspectives in ecology and environmental science.Keywords: algebra; coalgebra; state; behavior; model; paradigm; scientific method; dynamic system; ecology; logistic map
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Additional notes: | BAYCEER77971 |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Chair Ecological Modelling Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Chair Ecological Modelling > Chair Ecological Modelling - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Hauhs Research Institutions > Research Centres > Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research- BayCEER Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences Research Institutions Research Institutions > Research Centres |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2015 10:25 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2015 10:25 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/15871 |