Thirty years ago, biologists could get by with a rudimentary grasp of mathematics and modeling. Not so today. In seeking to answer fundamental questions about how biological systems function and change over time, the modern biologist is as likely to rely on sophisticated mathematical and computer-based models as traditional fieldwork. In this book, Sarah Otto …

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ICTP Workshop on Mathematical Models of Climate Variability, Environmental Change and Infectious Diseases 8–19 May 2017 Instructor Prof. Aaron A. King, Ph.D. Departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Mathematics University of Michigan Email: kingaaictp5@gmail.com Preparing for the workshop Complete the R tutorial before the beginning of the course. If you wish to use your own computer, install R and RStudio on it before …

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A Tutorial Introduction to R Aaron A. King, Stu Field, Ben Bolker, Steve Ellner 1 How to use this document 2 What is R ? 3 Getting started with R 3.1 Installing R on your computer 3.2 Starting R 3.3 Stopping R 4 Interactive calculations 5 The help system 6 A first interactive session 6.1 Descriptive statistics 6.2 Linear regression 7 Statistics in R 8 The R package system 9 Data structures in R 9.1 Vectors 9.1.1 Element recycling 9.1.2 Functions for creating …

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