Cellular automata model of an invasive spread

Authors

Raymund L. Abejuela ⋅ PH Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
J. C. M. La Rosa ⋅ PH Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
C. G. Mallanao ⋅ PH Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Allan L. Alinea ⋅ PH Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Abstract

In this study we constructed a simple cellular automation program of invasive spread. Using the C programming language, the model was tested in three cases: using ideal immortal invasive cell (1), mortal invasive cells (2), and modified case 2 with variations of environment nutrient regeneration (3). In all the cases, the general stages of invasive spread namely minimum population establishment, expansion and saturation of the invading species, were observed. Under the domain of the model of this study, we found out that there are conditions wherein mortal cells can have a higher population growth rate than that of the immortal cells.

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Issue

2008: Proceedings of the 26th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP-2008-PB-38

Section

Poster Session B (Instrumentation, Environmental, and Theoretical Physics)

Published

2008-10-22

How to Cite

[1]

RL Abejuela, JCM La Rosa, CG Mallanao, and AL Alinea, Cellular automata model of an invasive spread, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 26, SPP-2008-PB-38 (2008). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2008-PB-38.