Article Title
Using Differential Equations to Model Predator-Prey Relations as Part of SCUDEM Modeling Challenge
Abstract
Differential equation modeling challenges provide students with an opportunity to improve their mathematical capabilities, critical thinking skills, and communication abilities through researching and presenting on a differential equations model. This article functions to display an archetype summary of an undergraduate student team’s response to a provided prompt. Specifically, the provided mathematical model estimates how certain stimuli from a predator are accumulated to trigger a neural response in a prey. Furthermore, it tracks the propagation of the resultant action potential and the physical flight of the prey from the predator through the analysis of larval zebrafish as a model organism. This article also shares personal testimonies to highlight the benefits of these kinds of challenges for students.
Faculty Sponsor
Jason Elsinger
Recommended Citation
Fralish, Zachary; Tyson, Bernard III; and Stefan, Anthony
(2019)
"Using Differential Equations to Model Predator-Prey Relations as Part of SCUDEM Modeling Challenge,"
Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal: Vol. 20:
Iss.
2, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rhumj/vol20/iss2/7
Included in
Ordinary Differential Equations and Applied Dynamics Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons