GEOS 36501/EVOL 33001: Paleobiology Modeling and Analysis--1 (Mathematical Modeling) [Foote]

General Course Materials

Syllabus, readings (Winter 2012)

Outlines of Topics Covered

1. Introduction to Probability, 1

2. Introduction to Probability, 2

3. Sampling

4. Introduction to Modeling

5. Introduction to Likelihood

6. Introduction to Branching Models

7-8. Some Case Studies using Branching Models

9. Sampling Models, 1: Introduction to homogeneous sampling models

10. Sampling Models, 2: Confidence limits on stratigraphic ranges; other applications

11. Sampling Models, 3: Time-varying models

12. Models of phenetic evolution

13. Taxonomic structure (size-frequency distributions)

14. Background to sampling standardization