Alstad,Don; Curtsinger,Jim; Abrams,Peter; Tilman,Dave (1991):
POPULUS. (Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior,
University of Minnesota)
          [CALCULUS, COMPETITION, DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS,
          DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, ECOLOGY, LINEAR ALGEBRA,
          MODELING, MULTIPLE POPULATIONS, POPULATION, PREDATOR
          PREY, SINGLE POPULATION, DOS]


<  This is a review of the latest edition of Populus, 3.4.  There
have been several new models added to the program.  The program
overll is a very easily understood program that allows the user to
explore a set of models.  There are many different kinds of models
ranging from game theory to species interaction to simple
population growth.  In each model the user can determine a values
of a set of parameters or just accept the default.  The model is
then run with those values.  There are well written introductions
to the models.  The program would be much better if it were used in
a class where the topics of the models were discussed before the
student used the program.  There are options to save parameters and
to prints outputs.  The program has nice graphic displays with
several viewing options that make interpretation easier.  Overall,
this is a very useful program for the models included.  (Review 3;
Rating 9) >

From:
                       LISTING OF SOFTWARE 
       QUANTITATIVE CURRICULUM FOR LIFE SCIENCE STUDENTS
                    (Supported by NSF Grant)


REVIEWER 1 - Azmy Ackleh  
REVIEWER 2 - Shannon Peak 
REVIEWER 3 - Holly Gaff

For more information contact:
Dr. Louis J. Gross
Mathematics Department 
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-1300
(615) 974-4295    (615) 974-6576 (FAX)
gross@utkvx.utk.edu

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY, volume 67, no.2, June 1992, pp.251-2.