Modeling Biological Systems Principles and Applications /

• Main Author: Haefner, James W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Bioinformatics.; Computational biology.; Ecology.; Zoology.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Computer Appl. in Life Sciences.

This extensively revised second edition of Modeling Biological Systems: Principles and Applications describes the essentials of creating and analyzing mathematical and computer simulation models for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. It offers a comprehensive understanding of the underly...

Table of Contents:

• Principles
• Models of Systems
• The Modeling Process
• Qualitative Model Formulation
• Quantitative Model Formulation: I
• Quantitative Model Formulation: II
• Numerical Techniques
• Parameter Estimation
• Model Validation
• Model Analysis: Uncertainty and Behavior
• Stochastic Models
• Applications
• Photosynthesis and Plant Growth
• Hormonal Control in Mammals
• Populations and Individuals
• Chemostats
• Diseases
• Spatial Patterns and Processes
• Scaling Models
• Chaos in Biology
• Cellular Automata and Recursive Growth
• Evolutionary Computation.