GeoSci 31415:
Quantitative Methods in Ecology and Biology

Gidon Eshel
401 Hinds
Dept. of the Geophysical Sciences
5734 S. Ellis Ave.
The Univ. of Chicago
Chicago, IL 60637
Office: (773) 702-0440
Email:geshel@uchicago.edu





  • MATLAB Mini-Intro
  • Single Age Models
  • The Lotka-Volterra Predator-Prey Model
  • Introductory Linear Algebra I
  • Introductory Linear Algebra II
  • The General Small Perturbation Problem
  • Homewhork 1
  • More Linear Algebra and Non-Normality
  • The Mathermatical Operation of SVD
  • Pictorial View of the Forward Problem
  • Pictorial View of the Inverse Problem
  • The General Linear Problem Ax=b
  • Homewhork 2
  • Survival of the Spotted Owl under Parameter Perturbation
  • Midterm and its answers
  • Analysis of Variance and Goodnesss of Fit
  • Theoretical Autocorrelation and Autocovarinace Functions for AR(1) and AR(2) Processes
  • The Yule-Walker Equations for the AR Coefficients
  • Estimating the Noise Variance of an AR Process
  • Unearthing ``Hidden Frequencies'' Using Harmonic Analysis