Modeling Biological Systems: Principles and Applications, 2/e (Hardcover)

Description:

This is the second edition of a textbook currently published by Springer for a course in mathematical modeling and computer simulation for biologists at the advanced undergraduate and introductory graduate level. The audience for this edition is similar to that of the previous one: advanced level courses in computational biology, as well as researchers retooling themselves. This new edition includes a CD-ROM with real examples of models as teaching tools.

Table of contents:

Preface.- 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.- 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.- Bibliography.- Index.