Compete Readme File
 
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CONTENTS:

1.    What is Compete?
2.    Copyright and Disclaimer
3.    Installing and Running Compete
4.    Contact Information


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1.    What is Compete?

The Lotka-Volterra competition model is one of the most important models in
ecology and is taught in virtually every university ecology course.  Compete
is a computer simulation which can be used to explore the behavior of this 
classic competition model.  By varying parameters such as initial population
size, reproductive rate and competition coefficients students can carry out 
"what if" experiments to study the theoretical dynamics of competing 
populations.

This is a DOS based program that I wrote in Microsoft Professional BASIC 7 
some years ago.
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2.    Copyright and Disclaimer

This program is freeware, but is not public domain.  It is copyrighted by
Robert P. Gendron.  You are free to use this program only if you adhere to
the following conditions.

     a.  Under no circumstances may you sell this program.  You are, however,
         encouraged to make it freely available to your students.

     b.  If you distribute the program to others you must do so with all of
         the supporting program files and this Readme file.  If you
         distribute the program to students in your class you do not have to
         include the laboratory exercise or worksheets since you may prefer
         to use your own.

     c.  You are welcome to use and modify the accompanying laboratory
         exercise and worksheets as long as some mention is made of the
         original source.

     d.  If you use this program in your course please let me know.
         Comments and suggestions would also be appreciated.  If you develop
         teaching materials I would like to see them for possible use in my
         own course.

I make no claims or warranties regarding this program.  You use it at your own
risk.

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3.    Installing and Running Compete

The following files are included in the self extracting file COMPETEZ.EXE:

        COMPETE.EXE   - DOS Program 
        HELVA.FON     - Font file
        HELVB.FON     - Font file
        HELVE.FON     - Font file
        README-C.TXT  - you're reading it
        COMPETE.DOC   - Laboratory exercise and worksheets written in
                        Word 6.0 for Windows

Setup is straightforward:

    1.  Copy the file COMPETEZ.EXE to a directory of your choice and run
        it.  This will extract all the files to the directory.
    2.  In order for the graphs to be properly labeled the three font
        files must be in the working directory.  From DOS use the
        CD command to change directories.

              C:\>CD C:\yourdirectoryname

    3.  From DOS run the program by typing COMPETE (or use the RUN 
        manager in Windows).
	
For intraspecific competition set the competition coefficients to zero.  With
values greater than zero you will get interspecific competition.  See the
Laboratory Exercise for more information.

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4.   Contact Information

     If you use this program I would like to hear from you.  My address is

	Robert P. Gendron
	Biology Department
	Indiana University of Pennsylvania
	Indiana, PA  15705

	rgendron@grove.iup.edu
	http://www.iup.edu/~rgendron