Modeling of the Forest Insect Population Dynamics: A Game Theory Approach

摘要

A game theory model of insect population dynamics is proposed. In the simplest case—when a population can be in one of two states, in one of which the physiological processes in an individual are aimed at enhancing the growth and reproduction, and in the other the physiological processes are aimed at activating defense reactions of an individual.outbreaks of insect propagation occur when both the population and the habitat have a certain kind of memory, specifically, when the current states of the population and the habitat depend on their states at the preceding moment of time. The model proposed explains the well-known phenomenon of phase variation among insect individuals during the population outbreak.