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Population dynamics is the dominant branch of mathematical biology, which has a history of more than 200 years. The early period was dominated by demographic studies such as the work of Benjamin Gompertz ( 5 March 1779- 14 July 1865) and Pierre François Verhulst ( 28 October 1804- 15 February 1849), who refined and adjusted the Malthusian demograhical model.

A more general model formulation was proposed by F.J. Richards in 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac, by which the models of Gompertz, Verhulst and also Ludwig von BertalanffyKarl Ludwig von Bertalanffy ( September_19, 1901, Vienna, Austria June_12, 1972, New York, USA) was a biologist who was a founder of general systems theory. An Austrian citizen, he did much work in the United States. However, he experienced discrimination are covered as special cases of the general formulation. The computer gameA computer game is any sort of game that is played using a computer. General Although often associated, computer games are not necessarily video games although all but the earliest video games (such as Pong, which used dedicated analogue circuitry) are co SimCitySimCity is a real-time strategy/ simulation computer game (or " software toy"). It is game developer Maxis' flagship product. There are four versions; the original SimCity ( 1989, later renamed SimCity Classic , SimCity 2000 ( 1993), SimCity 3000 ( 1999), tries to simulateA computer simulation or a computer model is a computer program which attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system. Computer simulations have become a useful part of modeling many natural systems in physics, chemistry and biology, human s some of these population dynamics. Population dynamics also attempts to study topics such as aging populations or population declineIn demographics population decline is a fall in a region's population. It can be caused by sub-replacement fertility or heavy emigration, or more dramatically disease, famine, or war. Or most often by a combination of the factors. In the past population d.

See also: System dynamics, Volterra-Lotka equations