Program_9b.m

% Chapter 9 - Interacting Species.
% Program_9b - The Holling-Tanner Model (Time Series).
% Copyright Birkhauser 2011. Stephen Lynch.

% Time series of a predator/prey model.
clear
hold on
sys=inline('[x(1)*(1-x(1)/7)-6*x(1)*x(2)/(7+7*x(1));0.2*x(2)*(1-.5*x(2)/x(1))]','t','x');
options = odeset('RelTol',1e-4,'AbsTol',1e-4);
[t,xa]=ode45(sys,[0 200],[7.1 .1],options);
plot(t,xa(:,1),'r')
plot(t,xa(:,2),'b')
legend('prey','predator')
axis([0 200 0 8])
fsize=15;
set(gca,'XTick',0:50:200,'FontSize',fsize)
set(gca,'YTick',0:2:8,'FontSize',fsize)
xlabel('time','FontSize',fsize)
ylabel('population','FontSize',fsize)
hold off

% End of Program_9b.