@article{adoteye_banks_flores_leblanc_2015, title={Estimation of time-varying mortality rates using continuous models for Daphnia magna}, volume={44}, ISSN={["1873-5452"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.aml.2014.12.014}, abstractNote={Structured population models that make the assumption of constant demographic rates do not accurately describe the complex life histories seen in many species. We investigated the accuracy of using constant versus time-varying mortality rates within discrete and continuously structured models for Daphnia magna. We tested the accuracy of the models we considered using density-independent survival data for 90 daphnids. We found that a continuous differential equation model with a time-varying mortality rate was the most accurate model for describing our experimental D. magna survival data. Our results suggest that differential equation models with variable parameters are an accurate tool for estimating mortality rates in biological scenarios in which mortality might vary significantly with age.}, journal={APPLIED MATHEMATICS LETTERS}, author={Adoteye, Kaska and Banks, H. T. and Flores, Kevin B. and LeBlanc, Gerald A.}, year={2015}, month={Jun}, pages={12–16} }
 @article{adoteye_banks_flores_2015, title={Optimal design of non-equilibrium experiments for genetic network interrogation}, volume={40}, ISSN={["0893-9659"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.aml.2014.09.013}, abstractNote={Many experimental systems in biology, especially synthetic gene networks, are amenable to perturbations that are controlled by the experimenter. We developed an optimal design algorithm that calculates optimal observation times in conjunction with optimal experimental perturbations in order to maximize the amount of information gained from longitudinal data derived from such experiments. We applied the algorithm to a validated model of a synthetic Brome Mosaic Virus (BMV) gene network and found that optimizing experimental perturbations may substantially decrease uncertainty in estimating BMV model parameters.}, journal={APPLIED MATHEMATICS LETTERS}, author={Adoteye, Kaska and Banks, H. T. and Flores, Kevin B.}, year={2015}, month={Feb}, pages={84–89} }
 @article{adoteye_banks_cross_eytcheson_flores_leblanc_nguyen_ross_smith_stemkovski_et al._2015, title={Statistical validation of structured population models for Daphnia magna}, volume={266}, ISSN={0025-5564}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2015.06.003}, DOI={10.1016/j.mbs.2015.06.003}, abstractNote={In this study we use statistical validation techniques to verify density-dependent mechanisms hypothesized for populations of Daphnia magna. We develop structured population models that exemplify specific mechanisms and use multi-scale experimental data in order to test their importance. We show that fecundity and survival rates are affected by both time-varying density-independent factors, such as age, and density-dependent factors, such as competition. We perform uncertainty analysis and show that our parameters are estimated with a high degree of confidence. Furthermore, we perform a sensitivity analysis to understand how changes in fecundity and survival rates affect population size and age-structure.}, journal={Mathematical Biosciences}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Adoteye, Kaska and Banks, H.T. and Cross, Karissa and Eytcheson, Stephanie and Flores, Kevin B. and LeBlanc, Gerald A. and Nguyen, Timothy and Ross, Chelsea and Smith, Emmaline and Stemkovski, Michael and et al.}, year={2015}, month={Aug}, pages={73–84} }