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Steve Railsback

Current Position

Partner, Lang, Railsback and Assoc.

Educational Background

University of Illinois, Environmental Engineering, M.S., 1981

University of Illinois, Civil Engineering, B.S., 1979

Address:250 California Avenue
Arcata
CA
95521
USA

Email: LRA@Northcoast.com

Webpages:

http://math.humboldt.edu/~simsys/

Keywords:

ecological modeling

fish

individual-based modeling

ecology

Statement of Interests:

Individual-based models of fish, especially stream salmonids. Methods for using agent-based simulation to test ecological theory. Development of theoretical frameworks for individual-based ecology.

Agenda/Plans:

I am currently writing a book (with Volker Grimm) on individual-based models and how to use them for ecology. We expect the book to be published in 2003 by Princeton University Press.

References

(Search found 4 references)

Railsback, Steven F. 2001. Getting "results": the pattern-oriented approach to analyzing natural systems with individual-based models. Natural Resource Modeling 14(3): 465-474.

Railsback, Steven F. 2001. Concepts from complex adaptive systems as a framework for individual-based modelling. Ecological Modelling 139(0): 47-62.

Railsback, Steven F.; Harvey, Bret C. 2002. Analysis of habitat selection rules using an individual-based model. Ecology 83(7): 1817-1830.

Railsback, Steven F.; Harvey, Bret C.; Lamberson, Roland H.; Lee, Derek E.; Claasen, Nathan J.; Yoshihara, Shuzo. 2002. Population-level analysis and validation of an individual-based cutthroat trout model. Natural Resource Modeling 15(1): 83-110.

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