Lab 03: Predator-Prey models

Introduction

During the next three weeks we will use Vensim to analyze trends in and study the interactions in the dynamics of animal populations and their dynamics. This lab will become incrementally more complex over these three weeks. In this first week, we will build a simple population dynamics model that simulates the populations of rabbits and foxes. If you feel uncertain about how to use Vensim to create stocks, flows, etc., revisit the materials from lab00 (i.e., where we introduced VENSIM and the different methods) and lab01. In addition, try to remember how the run and the SyntheSim functions work. Once you are ready, start the exercise.