Predator-Prey Population Simulator

Lotka-Volterra equations driving prey and predator populations. Tune the four parameters and watch them oscillate over time, in phase space, or as living dots on a grid.

Prey Predator

Prey

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Predator

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Time

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Speed 1.0×

Parameters

Prey growthα1.00

How fast prey reproduce on their own

Predation rateβ0.10

How efficiently predators catch prey

Predator deathγ1.00

How fast predators die without food

Predator efficiencyδ0.075

How well caught prey fuels predator growth

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