% Markov Chain model for landscape succession % from Ecobeaker - Math 151 % This is to illustrate eigenvalues and % eigenvectors arising from a simple community % succession model from Ecobeaker in which there are % 3 species (Bare soil, Grass and Shrub) with % several different possible transition matrices used % The program calculates for each matrix the dominant % eigenvalue and shows it is = 1 and then finds the % eigenvector associated with this. % P is the projection matrix and n0 is the % initial landscape structure, ni is the population % structure at time I which you could think of as the % total area in each vegetation type at each time, % nitot is the total area of the region % at time i, ninorm is the normalized landscape structure % at time i (sum of the elements of ninorm is 1) P=[.8 0 .01; .2 .5 .49; 0 .5 .5 ],pause n0=[100;0;0],pause n0tot=sum(n0) n1=P*n0,pause n1tot=sum(n1),pause n1norm=n1/n1tot,pause % Now compute the landscape structure at time 100 n100=P^100*n0 n100tot=sum(n100) n100norm=n100/n100tot,pause % Now compute the eigenvalue and the eigenvectors and compare these % to the landscape structure at time 100 [X,e]=eig(P),pause % Now get the eigenvector for the dominant eigenvalue, % normalize it to get ev1norm, and compare this to % the normalized landscape structure at time 21 ev1=X(:,2),pause ev1norm=ev1/sum(ev1),pause n100norm,pause % % Now repeat for a different matrix % P=[.8 0 .2; .2 .5 .3; 0 .5 .5 ],pause n0=[100;0;0],pause n0tot=sum(n0) n1=P*n0,pause n1tot=sum(n1),pause n1norm=n1/n1tot,pause % Now compute the landscape structure at time 100 n100=P^100*n0 n100tot=sum(n100) n100norm=n100/n100tot,pause % Now compute the eigenvalue and the eigenvectors and compare these % to the landscape structure at time 100 [X,e]=eig(P),pause % Now get the eigenvector for the dominant eigenvalue, % normalize it to get ev1norm, and compare this to % the normalized landscape structure at time 21 ev1=X(:,2),pause ev1norm=ev1/sum(ev1),pause n100norm,pause % % Now repeat for a different matrix % P=[.8 0 .1; .2 .4 .3; 0 .5 .5 ],pause n0=[100;0;0],pause n0tot=sum(n0) n1=P*n0,pause n1tot=sum(n1),pause n1norm=n1/n1tot,pause % Now compute the landscape structure at time 100 n100=P^100*n0 n100tot=sum(n100) n100norm=n100/n100tot,pause % Now compute the eigenvalue and the eigenvectors and compare these % to the landscape structure at time 100 [X,e]=eig(P),pause % Now get the eigenvector for the dominant eigenvalue, % normalize it to get ev1norm, and compare this to % the normalized landscape structure at time 21 ev1=X(:,2),pause ev1norm=ev1/sum(ev1),pause n100norm,pause