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World4 is a predictive model for world population. Population has grown hyper-exponentially in the last millenium, with the doubling time decreasing from 900 years in 1000 CE to a minimum of ~35 years in 1963 CE. Technology is defined as that which decreases the death rate and/or increases the effective birth rate (i.e. by decreasing infant mortality). Technology grows exponentially, therefore population fits a hyper-exponential (exponent within an exponent). Models for the end of growth are explored using equations that express the ways humans are depleting Earth's biocapacity, the nature of resource depletion, and the relationship between natural resources and human carrying capacity. This simple model, containing just two closed systems, captures the subtle shifts in the population trajectory of the last 50 years. Specifically, hyperexponential growth has given way to subexponential growth. A peak is predicted for the time around 2028. [Bystroff, C. (2021). Footprints to singularity: A global population model explains late 20th century slow-down and predicts peak within ten years. PloS one, 16(5), e0247214.]

World4.5

Christopher Bystroff

22 7 months ago

Investigations into the relationships responsible for the success and failure of nations. This investigation was prompted after reading numerous references on the subject and perceiving that *Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty* by Acemoglu and Robinson seem to make a great deal of sense.

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Why Nations Fail

Gene Bellinger

Model from Van Langevelde et al. (2003) adjusted to include a landscape of fear caused by human and predator density.

LoFmodel_Group36

Renske

16 hours ago

WIP My Initial Book version compared with Gemini Causal Loop Summary of the 2025 Book, from my gemini interaction using Gene Bellinger's AI prompts See also Sorokin-Social-and-Cultural-Dynamics insight

Peter Turchin's Great Holocene Transformation

Geoff McDonnell

5 days ago

STEM-SM combines a simple ecosystem model (modified version of VSEM; Hartig et al. 2019) with a soil moisture model (Guswa et al. (2002) leaky bucket model). Outputs from the soil moisture model influence ecosystem dynamics in three ways.

(1) The ratio of actual transpiration to maximum evapotranspiration (T/ETmax) modifies gross primary productivity (GPP).

(2) Degree of saturation of the soil (Sd) modifies the rate of soil heterotrophic respiration.

(3) Water limitation of GPP (by T/ETmax) and of soil nutrient availability (approximated by Sd) combine with leaf area limitation (approximated by fraction of incident photosynthetically-active radiation that is absorbed) to modify the allocation of net primary productivity to aboveground and belowground parts of the vegetation.

Ecosystem dynamics in turn influence flows of water in to and out of the soil moisture stock. The size of the aboveground biomass stock determines fractional vegetation cover, which modifies interception, soil evaporation and transpiration by plants.

References:

Guswa, A.J., Celia, M.A., Rodriguez-Iturbe, I. (2002) Models of soil moisture dynamics in ecohydrology: a comparative study. Water Resources Research 38, 5-1 - 5-15.

Hartig, F., Minunno, F., and Paul, S. (2019). BayesianTools: General-Purpose MCMC and SMC Samplers and Tools for Bayesian Statistics. R package version 0.1.7. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=BayesianTools

Simple Terrestrial Ecosystem Model - Soil Moisture (STEM-SM)

Lisa Belyea

226

SARS-CoV-19 spread in different countries

- please adjust variables accordingly

Italy

elderly population (>65): 0.228
estimated undetected cases factor: 4-11
starting population size: 60 000 000
high blood pressure: 0.32 (gbe-bund)
heart disease: 0.04 (statista)
free intensive care units: 3 100

Germany

elderly population (>65): 0.195 (bpb)
estimated undetected cases factor: 2-3 (deutschlandfunk)
starting population size: 83 000 000
high blood pressure: 0.26 (gbe-bund)
heart disease: 0.2-0.28 (herzstiftung)
free intensive care units: 5 880

France

elderly population (>65): 0.183 (statista)
estimated undetected cases factor: 3-5
starting population size: 67 000 000
high blood pressure: 0.3 (fondation-recherche-cardio-vasculaire)
heart disease: 0.1-0.2 (oecd)
free intensive care units: 3 000

As you wish

numbers of encounters/day: 1 = quarantine, 2-3 = practicing social distancing, 4-6 = heavy social life, 7-9 = not caring at all // default 2
practicing preventive measures (ie. washing hands regularly, not touching your face etc.): 0.1 (nobody does anything) - 1 (very strictly) // default 0.8
government elucidation: 0.1 (very bad) - 1 (highly transparent and educating) // default 0.9
Immunity rate (due to lacking data): 0 (you can't get immune) - 1 (once you had it you'll never get it again) // default 0.4

Key

Healthy: People are not infected with SARS-CoV-19 but could still get it
Infected: People have been infected and developed the disease COVID-19
Recovered: People just have recovered from COVID-19 and can't get it again in this stage
Dead: People died because of COVID-19
Immune: People got immune and can't get the disease again
Critical recovery percentage: Chance of survival with no special medical treatment

SARS-CoV-19 model

Lucia Vega Resto