PARENT SESSION
Poster Session #12: Modeling.
Tuesday, August 7, 2001. Presentation from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM. Exhibition Hall
Network environ analysis of some complex systems: An exploratory study.
Alkaff, Huda1, 1
ABSTRACT- Some large budget models are used to study the existing and emerging properties of complex systems using network environ analysis. These models are part of the ATLSS (Across Trophic Levels System Simulation) project in South Florida systems: (a) a 69-compartment network of the cypress wetlands; (b) a 125-compartment network of the Florida Bay; (c) an 87-compartment network of the mangrove ecosystem; and (d) a 66-compartment network of the graminoid ecosystem. These models were developed to quantify the trophic processes in South Florida ecosystems. To examine the properties of complex network systems, network environ analysis is conducted on some of these models using Mathematica and MATLAB computer softwares. These models will also be enlarged and expanded by adding more compartments and network environ analysis runs will take place. Original and expanded models will be compared and conclusions will be drawn upon the minimum model size needed to capture the properties of large models. Emerging properties of original and expanded models will be explored. Results will present insights to the whole ecosystem perspective in studying properties and relationships of complex systems.
KEY WORDS: network environ analysis, complex systems, model