种群生物学 Population biology | L-V方程 Lotka-Volterra equations | 熟悉, 简洁 Familiarity and simplicity | 互惠导致种群不稳定性 Infinite population due to mutualism |
微生物生物学 Microbial biology | 迭代囚徒困境 Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma | 简单, 通用性 Simplicity and generality | 缺乏种群动态, 缺乏伙伴选择, 对称设置 Lack of population dynamics, lack of partner choice, and symmetric setup |
| 生物市场理论 Biological market theory | 非对称设置, 伙伴选择 Asymmetry and partner choice | 各种数学工具的混合 Lack of simplicity, mixture of tools |
生态系统生态学 Ecosystem ecology | 现象学 Phenomenology | 计算效率高 Computational efficiency | 原理机制不足 Not mechanistic |
| 优化 Optimization | 概念简单 Conceptual simplicity | 任意选择的目标函数 Arbitrary goal function |
| 自适应动态 Adaptive dynamics | 可以模拟生物对变化的响应 Can capture biological adaptation | 计算成本高, 难扩展到大尺度模型中 Computationally costly to scale up |