A hands-on workshop on Ecological Graph Theory

Ecological graph theory (EcoGT) — inspired by evolutionary graph theory — is a method to simulate competition in structured populations. Specifically, EcoGT provides a graph-based equivalent to the classic Lotka-Volterra (LV) model. In this workshop, Ata Kalirad will illustrate how the EcoGt can be used to simulate ecological competition on various topologies — including complete graphs, random graphs, small-world graphs — as well as graphs with dynamic topologies. This workshop is designed to enable participants to use the EcoGT method to investigate fundamental questions related to species competition and coexistence at community and metacommunity levels without neglecting spatial structure across these scales.