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- BSIM v1.00
- (c) Paul H. Deal 1988
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- BSIM is a computer simulation which generates a 'pseudo- ecology' that
- can serve as an analog for actual biological systems. The program
- generates organisms as a function of a simulated genome which specifies
- the rules whereby the organisms will interact with a specified physical
- environment. The model for the program is a microbial aquatic
- ecosystem, but many of the features of the system are more general and
- it can be used to conceptualize a broader range of natural ecosystems.
- A simplified biochemical and physiological model is used to
- characterize the organisms based on a 13 element, mutable genome. The
- user has broad control over the starting conditions, both of the
- environment and of the 'seed' organisms. Sampling options permit
- following the development of the population in great detail as it
- responds to a dynamically changing environment with various forms
- evolving and disappearing with time. Concepts of population dynamics
- (including mutualism, commensalism, competitive exclusion, and
- parasitism), mass flow in ecosystems, and evolution are readily
- demonstrated. Realistic experiments can be performed which closely
- parallel those often done in actual laboratory and field settings. Many
- of the analytical reasoning techniques applied in general data analysis
- can be used to elucidate the features of the various model organisms
- which arise in the simulation and the lessons learned are directly
- applicable to laboratory and field investigations.
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- Useage: Biology education high school and college.
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- System Requirements: Graphics CGA, EGA, or HGA.
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- How to Start: Type GO (press enter).
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- Suggested Registration: $29.95 (Registered owners will receive a
- technical description of the underlying program logic, an
- experimenter's manual, and five utilities to assist in program output
- analysis.
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- File Descriptions:
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- BSIM EXE Main program.
- BSIM OVR Overlay program.
- BSIM IST Instruction manual.
- BSIMHELP MSG Help message file accessed by main program.
- PRNDOC EXE Ascii document printing program.
- VIEWDOC EXE Ascii document on-screen browse program.
- VPEBX EXE Menu program.
- GO BAT Program to call VPEBX menu program.
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