Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Basic Modelling
Concept of analog computer
Merits and demerits of Berkeley Madonna
Chapter 3. Available Functions
Basic functions in Berkeley Madonna
How to make a program
Chapter 4. Basic Patterns of Change and Basics of Simulation
Ideal growth and actual growth
Decay and response
Periodic change and chemical reaction
Normal distribution and negative quadratic equation for optimum curve
How to develop models by differential equations
Chapter 5. Growth and Related Models
Growth of yeast
Growth and photosynthesis of potato plantlets
Plant growth model
Chapter 6. Ecological Models
Host-parasite and predator-prey
Biological reaction tank
Aqua ecosystem
Gaia hypothesis
Chapter 7. Soil Transport Models
Temperature regime in soil
Carbon dioxide environment in soil layer
Solute movement in soil
Chapter 8. Pollution Model
Lake pollution
Insecticide stored in fish
DDT dispersion and accumulation in an ecosystem
Chapter 9. Extended Models
How to define and use plug-in functions(user-defined functions)
Soil layer model with radiation exchange at the surface
Soil layer model with radiation exchange and latent heat exchange
A greenhouse model
Design of evaporative cooling greenhouses
A greenhouse model with evaporative cooling
Plant stomata response to the environment