### How I got interested in modeling population dynamics Aubrey Moore SUMMA21 June 8, 2021
conceptual model -> mathematical model -> computer model
* All scientists are "modellers". * All scientists are "data scientists".
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### Lotka-Volterra Predator Prey Model * [Wikipedia entry for Lotka-Volterra equations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotka%E2%80%93Volterra_equations) * [Lotka_Volterra computer model](../Lotka-Volterra-Model.html)
### Pest resurgence ![](images/aphids.png)
### The most interesting and informative models are those which generate unexpected results.