Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of EwEugNumericalSolutions


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    1313[[Image(wiki:EwEugImages:0800004B.png)]]  ''' Eq. 73''' 
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    15 Hence, if input and output rates were constant, the time solutions would behave as weighted averages of past values and equilibrium values with weights depending on the mortality and migration rates. Using expressions of the type in Eq. 73 the Ecospace computations can be greatly increased by using a variable time splitting where moving equilibria are calculated for groups with high turnover rates, (e.g., phytoplankton), while the integrations for groups with slower turnover rates, (e.g., fish and marine mammals) are based on a Runge-Kutta method. Comparisons indicate that this does not change the resulting time patterns for solutions in any noticeable way – hence, the ‘wrong’ assumption of time rate constancy introduced above is useful for speeding up the computations without noticeable detraction of the final results. The resulting computations are carried out orders of magnitude faster than it the time splitting was not included. 
     15Hence, if input and output rates were constant, the time solutions would behave as weighted averages of past values and equilibrium values with weights depending on the mortality and migration rates. Using expressions of the type in Eq. 73 the Ecospace computations can be greatly increased by using a variable time splitting where moving equilibria are calculated for groups with high turnover rates, (e.g., phytoplankton), while the integrations for groups with slower turnover rates, (e.g., fish and marine mammals) are based on a Runge-Kutta method. Comparisons indicate that this does not change the resulting time patterns for solutions in any noticeable way - hence, the 'wrong' assumption of time rate constancy introduced above is useful for speeding up the computations without noticeable detraction of the final results. The resulting computations are carried out orders of magnitude faster than it the time splitting was not included.