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Boer, L. de (2007)

Mathematical models for fish schools

Bachelor thesis | Wiskunde (BSc)

In this bachelor thesis we are going to investigate what kind of models exist to simulate fish schools. It is based on a search through literature in order to find these models. We are especially interested in the continuum models, which consider the whole school as a unit instead of simulating each fish individually. We are going to elaborate these models mathematically. The choice for this subject arose from our interest in biology, so combining it with mathematics was a logical choice. Because it is a search through literature, we did not know in advance what kind of models we were going to find. The model(s) that we did find in the end, turned out to be too hard to analyse with elementary methods. Therefore this thesis gives a few starting points for future research, e.g. in a master project.

Author

Boer, L. de

Faculty

Faculty of Science

Supervisors

Hille, S.C.

ECTS Credits

18

Language

en