1 Introduction. - 1 Modeling Dynamic Biological Systems. - 2 Exploring Dynamic Biological Systems. - 3 Risky Population. - 4 Steady State Oscillation and Chaos in Population Dynamics. - 5 Spatial Dynamics. - 2 Physical and Biochemical Models. - 6 Law of Mass Action. - 7 Catalyzed Product. - 8 Two-Stage Nutrient Uptake Model. - 9 Iodine Compartment Model. - 10 The Brusselator. - 11 Fitzhugh-Nagumo Neuron Model. - 12 Solar Radiation to Nonobstructed Inclined Surfaces. - 3 Genetics Models. - 13 Mating and Mutation of Alleles. - 14 Natural Selection Mutation and Fitness. - 4 Models of Organisms. - 15 Odor-Sensing Model. - 16 Stochastic Resonance. - 17 Heartbeat Model. - 18 Bat Thermoregulation. - 19 The Optimum Plant. - 20 Infectious Diseases. - 5 Single Population Models. - 21 Adaptive Population Control. - 22 Roan Herds. - 23 Population Dynamics of Voles. - 24 Lemming Model. - 25 Multistage Insect Models. - 26 Two Age-Class Parasite Model. - 27 Monkey Travels. - 28 Biosynchronicity. - 6 Multiple Population Models. - 29 Wildebeest Model. - 30 Nicholson-Bailey Host-Parasitoid Model. - 31 Diseased and Healthy Immigrating Insects. - 32 Two-Species Colonization Model. - 33 Herbivore-Algae Predator-Prey Model. - 34 The Grass Carp. - 35 Recruitment and Trophic Dynamics of Gizzard Shad. - 36 Modeling Spatial Dynamics of Predator-Prey Interactions in a Changing Environment. - 7 Catastrophe and Self-Organization. - 37 Catastrophe. - 38 Spruce Budworm Dynamics. - 39 Sandpile. - 40 Earthquake. - 41 Game of Life. - 42 Daisyworld. - 8 Conclusion. - 43 Building a Modeling Community. - A1 Installation Instructions for Macintosh Version. - A2 Installation Instructions for Windows Version. - A3 Quick Help Guide. - A3. 1 Overview of STELLA Operating Environment. - A3. 2 Drawing an Inflow to a Stock. - A3. 3 Drawing an Outflow from a Stock. - A3. 4 Replacing a Cloud with a Stock. - A3. 5 Bending Flow Pipes. - A3. 6 Repositioning Flow Pipes. - A3. 7 Reversing Direction of a Flow. - A3. 8 Flow Define DialogBuiltins. - A3. 9 Moving Variable Names. - A3. 10 Drawing Connectors. - A3. 11 Defining Graphs and Tables. - A3-12 Dynamite Operations on Graphs and Tables. - MADONNA Quick Start. - B1 Installation of MADONNA. - B2 Example: Harmonic Oscillator. - B2. 1 Writing the Model Equations. - B2. 2 Compiling the Model. - B2. 3 Running the Model. - B2. 4 The Graph Window. - B2. 5 Multiple Runs. - References. Language: English