AbstractsMathematics

Escalator Boxcar Train (EBT) is a numerical analysis used to solve physiologically structured population models (PSPMs) and has been presented in two different variations. This report describes a study using simulation and information from preceding experiments, as well as observations from natural biological systems of Daphnia and humans, in order to attain empirical comparisons between the two EBT methods. The results of the study demonstrate that the algorithms from both methods are equivalent, and that application of EBT in PSPMs does not alter natural biological systems.