[R] integrate function

[Peter Dalgaard]

"Ronaldo Reis Jr." <chrysopa at insecta.ufv.br> writes:

> Is possible to integrate this diferential equation:
> 
> dN/dt = Nr(1-(N/K))
> 
> in R using the integrate() function?

No.
 
> Or any other diferential equation?

Only if the right hand side does not depend on the dependent variable
(N in this case) -- just plain integrals.

> If yes, how?
> 
> If no, anybody know any software on linux that make this?

The "odesolve" package in R. 

Possibly, there's also stuff in Octave but I haven't looked lately. 

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