This book provides a systematic, rigorous and self-contained treatment of positive dynamical systems. A dynamical system is positive when all relevant variables of a systemare nonnegative in a natural way. This is in biology, demography or economics, where the levels of populati…
From the Foreword:"' a seminal text covering the simulation design and analysis of a broad variety of systems using two of the most modern software packages available today. ' particularly adept [at] enabling students new to the field to gain a thorough understanding of the basi…
The book presents the methodology applicable to the modeling and analysis of a variety of dynamic systems, regardless of their physical origin. It includes detailed modeling of mechanical, electrical, electro-mechanical, thermal, and fluid systems. Models are developed in the fo…