Procedure:

The screen shot of the simulator is as shown below.

 

 

User Instructions:

 The simulator consists of three regions: the simulator's viewable window, the variables menu and the simulation control menu.

 

The Variables Menu:

User can enter the values for the different variables in the simulator. The variables include: Position along the gradient(x), Competition coefficient of species 1(abh of sp1) and Competition coefficient of species 2 (ahb of sp2).

 

Simulation control menu:

These set of buttons are used for controlling the simulation. Simulation control includes: buttons for plotting Carrying Capacity, Density, Eastern border and Western border.

 

 

Viewable window (Result display window):

The simulated values for the parameters are interspersed as graphs in this window.

 

 

 

 

Help:

 

                    Unfortunately, this Virtual Lab requires Adobe Flash player.  Please see additional information if this does not work on your computer

• For Google Chrome - https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/6258784?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

• For Microsoft Edge - https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/4532571/microsoft-edge-turn-on-flash 

• For Mozilla Firefox - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-flash-plugin-view-videos-animations-games

 

On GNU/Linux machines, please see appropriate online help. For example, 

 

• on Ubuntu - https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/net-install-flash.html.en 

• on Fedora - https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/using-adobe-flash/