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System Dynamics Modeling for Management of Roe Deer Population in Jejudo (제주도 한라산 노루 적정 개체수에 관한 시스템 다이내믹스 모델링)

  • Kim, Doa-Hoon;Hong, Young-Kyo
    • Korean System Dynamics Review
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.45-75
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    • 2008
  • Roe Deer has been preserved for 25 years by the local government and the residents in Jejudo. However, the damage and harm of crops of the residents by Roe Deer are increasing as well. So, some experts worry about the unstability of ecosystem in Mt. Halla where Roe Deer live. This paper discuss the suitable number of Roe Deer population in Jejudo to protect the ecosystem in Mt. Halla and minimize the damage of residents in Jejudo. With system dynamics modeling and simulation, the population of Roe Deer at present is estimated about 2,300. However, the population of Roe Deer stays 'unstable balance'. So, a little change such as poaching and the increase of wild dogs may make the balance of ecosystem broken. According to the result of policy test simulation, we should keep on watching the poaching and maintain the number of wild dogs at about 100, so that the ecosystem in Jejudo can be stable. To reduce the moving of Roe Deer to low region, moreover, we should protect the Mt. Halla which is Roe Deer's habitat. If we are indifferent about these efforts, the ecosystem of Roe Deer in Mt. Halla will be ruined.

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Population Ageing Crisis and Causal loop Analysis on the It's Dynamics in Rural County Regions (우리나라 군지역의 고령화 위기와 동태성의 인과순환적 구조분석)

  • Choi, Nam Hee;Lee, Jong Kun;Kim, Keun Sei;Lee, Myung Suk
    • Korean System Dynamics Review
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.75-96
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    • 2014
  • This research primarily aims at analyzing major crises originating from marginalizing population, especially in counties. In addition, based on the system dynamics approaches, it pays attention to divulging causal loop structure which has been rather strengthened by diverse interactions among key variables. Judging from simulation works, even though Korea is exposed to unprecedented aging trends over decades, its counter response seems inadequate and insufficient, mostly dismissing a series of impact embedded in the aging dynamics. This research statistically confirms that demographic marginalization trends have already begun in the villages within Eup and Myon counties. Furthermore, this research pinpoints out the fact that it would be almost impossible for majority of villages within Eup and Myon counties to escape from going out of existence in the course of time, as they tend to be entrapped vicious cycle of marginalization or extinction.

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INTRODUCTION TO DIFFUSIVE LOGISTIC EQUATIONS IN POPULATION DYNAMICS

  • Taira, Kazuaki
    • Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.459-517
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this paper is to provide a careful and accessible exposition of diffusive logistic equations with indefinite weights which model population dynamics in environments with strong spatial heterogeneity. We prove that the most favorable situations will occur if there is a relatively large favorable region (with good resources and without crowding effects) located some distance away from the boundary of the environment. Moreover we prove that a population will grow exponentially until limited by lack of available resources if the diffusion rate is below some critical value; this idea is generally credited to Thomas Malthus. On the other hand, if the diffusion rate is above this critical value, then the model obeys the logistic equation introduced by P. F. Verhulst .

Numerical Simulation of Turbulence-Induced Flocculation and Sedimentation in a Flocculant-Aided Sediment Retention Pond

  • Lee, Byung Joon;Molz, Fred
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.165-174
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    • 2014
  • A model combining multi-dimensional discretized population balance equations with a computational fluid dynamics simulation (CFD-DPBE model) was developed and applied to simulate turbulent flocculation and sedimentation processes in sediment retention basins. Computation fluid dynamics and the discretized population balance equations were solved to generate steady state flow field data and simulate flocculation and sedimentation processes in a sequential manner. Up-to-date numerical algorithms, such as operator splitting and LeVeque flux-corrected upwind schemes, were applied to cope with the computational demands caused by complexity and nonlinearity of the population balance equations and the instability caused by advection-dominated transport. In a modeling and simulation study with a two-dimensional simplified pond system, applicability of the CFD-DPBE model was demonstrated by tracking mass balances and floc size evolutions and by examining particle/floc size and solid concentration distributions. Thus, the CFD-DPBE model may be used as a valuable simulation tool for natural and engineered flocculation and sedimentation systems as well as for flocculant-aided sediment retention ponds.

Alternative Urban Management Policies in the Depopulation Era (인구감소 시대의 도시관리 정책에 대한 동태적 분석)

  • Kim, Kwang-Ju;Song, Mi-Kyung;Jo, Byung-Seol;Lee, Man-Hyung
    • Korean System Dynamics Review
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.77-96
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    • 2010
  • Since the mid-1990s, Korea has recorded low population growth rate. Based on the figures provided by the Statistical Korea, Korea may be even confronted with decreasing trends in the total population at the end of 2010s. In addition, Korea may experience the hyper-aged society in the mid-2020s. In the depopulation era, we have to devise alternative urban management policies reflecting low and reversed trends in the urban population. It is almost certain that urban policy-makers have to deal with a new series of urban problems, even jeopardizing the continuity of urban territories. In order to minimize the negative impact derived from depopulated phenomena, they have to develop sound and sustainable urban policy alternatives. This research adopts system dynamics approaches, revealing key factors exerting significant impact on the existing urban management policies. In specific, it pays attention to major causal loops, reinforcing or balancing behavioral.

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Studies on the Population Dynamics of Surf Clam, Mactra veneriformis Reeve ( Bivalvia) in the Coast of Kunsan, Korea II. Production (군산연안 동죽 개체군의 동태에 관한 연구 II. 생산력)

  • 류동기
    • The Korean Journal of Malacology
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.193-201
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    • 1997
  • 1990년 3월부터 1991년 2월까지 전라북도 군산 연안에 서식하는 동죽을 채집하여, 순간성장율, 순간사망율, 평균 생체량, 연간 생물생산력에 대하여 조사하였다. 치패는 각장 약 0.75 mm가 7월에 처음 채집되었으며, 0-5세의 6개 cohort로 구분되었다. 순간성장률은 여름철에 ?고 겨울철에 낮았지만, 순간사망률은 여름철에 높았다. 조사지역에서 동쪽 개체군의 연간평균 생체량은 3.865 g/$m^2$이었으며, 연간생산량은 3.933 g/$m^2$이었고, 연간 회전율은 1.020, 회전시간은 0.986년으로 추정되었다.

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Parameter Estimation for Age-Structured Population Dynamics

  • Cho, Chung-Ki;Kwon, YongHoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.83-104
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    • 1997
  • This paper studies parameter estimation for a first-order hyperbolic integro-differential equation modelling one-sex population dynamics. A second-order finite difference scheme is used to estimate parameters such as the age-specific death-rate and the age-specific fertility from fully discrete observations on the population. The function space parameter estimation convergence of this scheme is proved. Also, numerical simulations are performed.

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Population Structure, and Emergence and Growth Dynamics of Seedling, and Spatial Distribution of Dendropanax morbifera Lev.(Araliaceae) (황칠나무의 집단구조와 치수의 발생과 생육동태 및 공간분포)

  • 정재민
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.345-352
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    • 1998
  • A Korean endemic and evergreen small tree ' Dendropanax morbifera $L_{EV}$.(Araliaceae)' is a component of evergreen forest and mainly idstributein sourthern region and islands in Korea. A local population of D. morbifera which is located between evergreen and deciduous forest within 50m x 50m quadrate was investigated to ascertain the change of population structure, emergence and growth dynamics of seedlings and saplings, and pattern of spatial distribution by the temproal and spatial expansion of population . The result of analysis of population structure by Importnace Value(IV), evergreen forest showed a high species diversity of evergreen tree species such as Cinnamomum japonicum, Machilus japonica, Neolitsea serica, Daphniphyllum macropodum, Ligustrum japonicum, and etc, in middle and under story than in upper story where Camelia japonica and Quercus acuta were dominant. And in conterminous deciduous fores, the major component of evergreen forest in this region, Camellia japonica, Quercus acuta, evergreen tree of Lauraceae and etc. were abundant in only under story. IV of D. morbifera differed from among three story. In comparative analysis of emergence and growth dynamics of D. morbifera seedlings and saplings between evergreen and deciduous forest, emergece and density of seedlings were significantly greater in evergreen than in deciduous forest, and growth of height and basal diameter of seedlings and saplings were slightly larger in evergreen than in deciduous forest. The spatial distribution patterns by Moristia's index mapping of indivuduals using a lattice method of XY axis within this population showed that seedlings(age up to 2 years) and saplings (age>2 years and height<1m) both evergreen and deciduous forest were more or less aggregated apart from mature trees, and thougth intermediate trees(height>1m and dbh<10cm) had a aggregated distribution pattern, mature trees(dbh>10cm were uniform. In conclusion , the expansion of D. morbfera population from evergreen to deciduous forest accompanied with a mumber of evergreen woody species, and also, emergence and recruitment, and growth of seedlings were greatly influenced moisture and canopy by around community structure.

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Population Dynamics of Cigarette Beetle, Lasioderma serricorne F., at Different Residential Types in Korea (우리나라 주거형태에 따른 궐련벌레(Lasioderma serricorne F.) 발생 상황)

  • 오명희
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.13-16
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    • 2004
  • This study was designed to investigate population dynamics of cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne F.(Coleoptera, Anobiidae), at differential house types in Korea. In hot season, July 24 to August 24, cigarette beetle adults were captured by sex-pheromon-trap at all house types which were located in Wonjoo, Shintanjin and Suwon area. Cigarette beetle adults were captured only at apartments where located at same area by sex-pheromon-trap during overwintering period in Korea. No relation was detected between a limit of the distribution of cigarette beetle, L. serricorne F. and the distance from tobacco storage warehouses to houses in Korea.

The Study of Microbial Population & Dynamics in Hydrocarbon Contaminated Areas (유류오염지역의 미생물 분포 및 활성도에 관한 연구)

  • 김무훈;김순기;이원권;경우성;박덕신
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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    • 1999.10a
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    • pp.28-31
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this study is to see the effect of microbial population and dynamics of the indigeonous microorganisms on hydrocarbon contaminated areas. The microbial structures and activities to determine the microbial capabilities of the contaminated sites are very important for the remedial action technology selection. Throughout microbial studies on different conditions by ETS(Electron Transport System) and microbial activity analysis, it was found that aeration and water contents are the most important factors in this site remediation. According to test results, Burkholderia spp. was dominant species, and acclimation is also an important factor for the accerelated biodegradation.

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