Software for optimizing treatment to slow the spatial propagation of invasive species: Code and results

Slowing the spread of invasive species is a major challenge. How can we achieve this goal in the most cost-effective manner? This package includes the complete code and simulation results that help finding the optimal, most cost-effective treatment to slow the spread of a propagating species. This package accompanies the paper "Optimizing strategies for slowing the spread of invasive species" by Adam Lampert (PLOS Computational Biology, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011996). The file general_model_code.zip contains the code for the general model; the file spongy_moth_model_code.zip contains the code for the spongy moth model; and the file general_model_simulation_results.zip contains the results for the general model; and the file spongy_moth_model_simulation_results.zip contains the results for the spongy moth model.

Methods
The code for the simulations was written in Matlab and the simulation results were obtained by running the code.