Verhulst¶
This page describes the class Verhulst
The class Verhulst
is derived from Action
and implements the Verhulst model of populationd dynamics.
It incorporates a LinearBirth and a LinearDeath object.

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Attributes
|
“Verhulst” |
action name |
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“Verhulst_b0” |
birth probability for N=0 |
|
“Verhulst_d0” |
death probability for N=0 |
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“Verhulst_theta” |
turnover |
|
“Verhulst_K” |
capacity (global) |
Public Methods¶
constructor
¶
Verhulst(SPopulation<T> *pPop, SCellGrid *pCG, std::string sID, WELL512 **apWELL);
pPop
A pointer to the SPopulation object performing this action.
pCG
A pointer to the SCellGrid object on which the simulation runs.
sID
An ID for this action.
apWELL
A pointer to an array of WELL512 random number generators (one for each thread).
Initializes the member variables.
The LinearBirth
and LinearDeath
objects can’t be created a this point, because the attributes are not yet known.
destructor
¶
virtual ~Verhulst();
Deletes the LinearBirth
and LinearDeath
objects.
initialize
¶
virtual int initialize(float fTime);
fT
Simulation time step.
Calls the intialize()
method of the LinearBirth
and LinearDeath
objects
(at this point we expect those objects have been created by a call to extractAttributesQDF()
).
execute
¶
virtual int execute(int iA, float fT);
fT
Simulation time step.
Calls the execute()
method of the LinearBirth
and LinearDeath
objects.
finalize
¶
virtual int finalize(float fTime);
fT
Simulation time step.
Calls the finalize()
method of the LinearBirth
and LinearDeath
objects.
extractAttributesQDF
¶
virtual int extractAttributesQDF(hid_t hSpeciesGroup);
hSpeciesGroup
HDF handle for the species group to read from.
This method reads the attributes of this action from a QDF and creates a LinearBirth
and a LinearDeath
object withe appropriate attributes
writeAttributesQDF
¶
virtual int writeAttributesQDF(hid_t hSpeciesGroup);
hSpeciesGroup
HDF handle for the species group to write to.
This method writes the attributes of this action to the specified group in a QDF file.
tryGetAttributes
¶
virtual int tryGetAttributes(const ModuleComplex *pMC);
pMC
A
ModuleComplex
object.
Extracts the action’s attributes from the ModuleComplex
object.
modifyAttributes
¶
virtual int modifyAttributes(const std::string sAttrName, double dValue);
sAttrName
Name of attribute to change.
dValue
Value to set the attribute to.
This method can change the values of \(b_0\) (ATTR_VERHULST_B0_NAME
),
\(d_0\) (ATTR_VERHULST_D0_NAME
),
\(\theta\) (ATTR_VERHULST_TURNOVER_NAME
),
or the global capacity \(K\) (ATTR_VERHULST_CAPACITY_NAME
).
isEqual
¶
virtual bool isEqual(Action<T> *pAction, bool bStrict);
pAction
Pointer to an action object to compare with this.
bStrict
Strictness of comparisons (ignored here).
pAction
is equal to this
, if it is a Verhulst
object whose LinearBirth
and LinearDeath
objects match.