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Gillespie-s-stochastic-simulation

Consider the Lotka-Volterra equations for an imaginary predator-prey system. A prey species Y1 reproduces by feeding on some food (designated X), which is assumed to be available in a large enough quantity that it is not significantly depleted. A predator species Y2 reproduces by feeding on the species Y1 and also eventually dies through natural causes. The reactions describing these coupled processes can be represent by the set of auto-catalytic reactions,

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$$[Food] + Y_1 \xrightarrow{c_1} [Food] + 2Y_1$$

$$Y_1 + Y_2 \xrightarrow{c_2} 2Y_2$$

$$Y_2\xrightarrow{c_3} \phi $$

The deterministic reaction rate equations for the populations of the species $Y_1$ and $Y_2$ are $$\dfrac{dY_1}{dt} = c_1Y_1 − c_2Y_1Y_2$$ $$\dfrac{dY_2}{dt} = c_2Y_1Y_2 − c_3Y_2$$

Now write a code to simulate these coupled reactions through Gillespie’s stochastic simulation algorithm, for the following choice of the rate constants, $$c_1 = 10, c_2 = 0.01, c_3 = 10$$ Assume initial conditions, $$Y_1(t = 0) = Y_2(t = 0) = 1000$$ Perform 3 independent simulations for these initial conditions, and generate plots of Y1 and Y2 as a function of time in the time interval 0 ≤ t ≤ 30. Also plot the trajectory in the Y1 − Y2 phase plane.

Assume another initial condition, $$Y1(t = 0) = 500, Y2(t = 0) = 200$$ Again, perform 3 independent simulations for these initial conditions, and generate plots of Y1 and Y2 as a function of time in the time interval 0 ≤ t ≤ 30. Also plot the trajectory in the Y1 − Y2 phase plane