Mathematical Biology Seminar by Dr. Christen Fleming

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Mathematics Biology Seminar
2:00pm - 3:00pm, Wednesday, March 13, 2024 
MSB 318 

Speaker: 
Dr. Christen Fleming
Department of Biology 
University of Central Florida

Title: Stochastic process models of animal movement, maximum entropy, and approximation theory

Abstract: I detail a class of maximum-entropy stochastic-process models that contains within it all of the continuous-time stationary processes that have been commonly used to model animal movement—including Brownian motion, Ornstein-Uhlenbeck motion, and integrated Ornstein-Uhlenbeck motion. Then I show how linear combinations of these maximum-entropy processes can approximate more general stationary processes by way of Padé approximants. I end with discussion of some simpler ways that these stationary processes can be generalized into more realistic non-stationary processes.

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