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Modelling for the management and control of ticks: Special considerations and ICIPE's approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Sagary Nokoe
Sagary Nokoe
Affiliation:
Biomathematics Research Unit, The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P. O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
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Abstract

The systems analysis approach is an appropriate procedure for the effective development of a management model for the strategic control of ticks. The interacting nature of the controllable and uncontrollable factors, and the difficulty in mimicking such complex situations experimentally, should be considered in the formulation of such models. ICIPE's approach relies on the use of both deterministic and stochastic models, and assumes unambiguous definitions of management's expectations.

Résumé

L'analysis des systèmes est une procédure appropriée pour le développement éfficace d'un model de gestion pour la strategie du contrôle des tiques. La nature de l'interaction des facteur controllable et non-controllable et les difficultés associées dans l'interpretation de tels complexes experimentallement doivent être considérer dans la formulation de tels modèles la façon d'aborder le problème de l'ICIPE dépend de l'utilization des modèles deterministiques et stochastiques et assumé une definition non-ambigue des résultats de la gestion.

Keywords

Systems analysismanagement modelstick controlAnalyse des systèmesmodèles de gestioncontrôle des tiques

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