Lotka-Volterra equation

The Lotka-Volterra equations, also known as the predator-prey equations, are a pair of first order, non-linear, differential equations frequently used to describe the dynamics of biological systems in which two species interact, one a predator and one its prey. They were proposed independently by Vito Volterra and Alfred J. Lotka in the 1920s. A classic model using the equations is of the population dynamics of the lynx and the snowshoe hare, popularised due to the extensive data collected on the relative populations of the two species by the Hudson Bay company during the 19th century.

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Non-linear - Differential equation - Biological systems - Vito Volterra - Alfred J. Lotka - 1920s - Lynx - Snowshoe hare - Hudson Bay company

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