Biology Asked by Chaos on January 4, 2021
I am currently working (as a mathematician) on some estimations involving an stochastic predator-prey type model in which some of the coefficients have been perturbed by a Brownian Motion yielding to a system of stochastic differential equations.
The basic formulation of this problem can be found for instance in this article.
We have the following model
begin{equation}label{0}
begin{cases}
dX(t)=X(t)left(a-bX(t)-frac{sY(t)}{beta+Y(t)}right)dt
X(0)=x>0,
dY(t)=Y(t)left(frac{h X(t)}{beta+Y(t)}-c-fY(t)right)dt
Y(0)=y>0.
end{cases}
end{equation}
where we use Holling II response function.
In the literature (mostly mathematics literature) the authors propose to perturb the birth rate of the preys $amapsto a+dot{B}_1(t)$ and the mortality rate of predators $cmapsto c+dot{B}_2(t)$.
This yields to the following (stochastic) system
begin{equation}label{1}
begin{cases}
dX(t)=X(t)left(a-bX(t)-frac{sY(t)}{beta+Y(t)}right)dt+sigma_1 X(t)dB_1(t),
X(0)=x>0,
dY(t)=Y(t)left(frac{h X(t)}{beta+Y(t)}-c-fY(t)right)dt+sigma_2 Y(t)dB_2(t),
Y(0)=y>0
end{cases}
end{equation}
I know nothing about biology but I am concerned about a couple of things regarding this particular formulation:
Notice that the “noise” and the model as a whole can be interpreted differently (ignoring the fact that we are actually modelling the dynamics of two species) but my main issue is that if I(together with many authors) am stating that we perturb a certain parameter I believe that we must respect the basic assumptions of the model!
I hope everything’s clear and I thank you all in advance, any opinion or suggestion will be welcome!
I hope this helps!
Correct answer by Chris Moore on January 4, 2021
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