Logistic Population Models with Harvesting

Due: At the start of class on Monday, October 7.

Group project: This is a group project with each group having between two and four members. Once a group begins work on the project, its membership cannot change. Consequently establishing your group must be your first step in this project. Each group will submit one report, and all members of the group will receive the same grade for this project.

For this project you will determine your groups. However, if you would like my help organizing a group, please send me email as soon as possible (no later than October 1).

Project description: See Lab 1.3 on pages 140-141 of our text.

Your report: Your report should be no longer than three typewritten pages, and it should address all of the questions in the project description. You may provide as many illustrations from the computer as you wish, but the relevance of each illustration to your report must be evident. Illustrations are not included in the three-page limit. (Please remember that, although one good illustration may be worth 1000 words, 1000 illustrations are worth nothing.) Please insert your illustrations at appropriate places in your report rather than attaching them to the end of the report.

Parameter values: Use Table 1.10 to determine your parameter values as follows:

  1. Average the last digits of your BU ID numbers.
  2. Round this number to the nearest integer (round up for .5).
  3. Use the result to pick your parameter values from Table 1.10. If your result is zero, then use the parameter values correponding to Choice #10.

Academic Conduct: Your work and conduct in this course are governed by the CAS Academic Conduct Code. This code is designed to promote high standards of academic honesty and integrity as well as fairness. Copies of the code are available in CAS Room 105, and it is your responsibility to know and follow the provisions of that code. In particular, all work that you submit in this course must be your original work. For example, the computations that you do for your report as well as the text of your report must be original to your group. All group members are responsible for all aspects of the report. Any cases of suspected academic misconduct will be referred to the CAS Student Academic Conduct Committee.