Overview

Designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this textbook describes the essentials on how to create and analyze mathematical and computer simulation models. It offers a comprehensive understanding of the underlying principles as well as details and equations applicable to a wide variety of biological systems and disciplines. The text contains two major sections, principles and applications. The first section discusses the principles of biological systems with a thorough description of the modeling activities of formulation, implementation, validation, and analysis. The section of the text, covering applications, takes a closer look at the fundamental equations and problems from various biological disciplines, such as biochemistry, plant and animal physiology, and ecology.

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Author:   James W. Haefner
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.920kg
ISBN:  

9780412042010

ISBN 10:   0412042010
Pages:   473
Publication Date:   31 July 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I Principles.- 1 Models of Systems.- 2 The Modeling Process.- 3 Qualitative Model Formulation.- 4 Quantitative Model Formulation.- 5 Simulation Paradigms.- 6 Numerical Techniques.- 7 Parameter Estimation.- 8 Model Validation.- 9 Model Analysis.- 10 Stochastic Models.- II Applications.- 11 Photosynthesis and Plant Growth.- 12 Hormonal Control in Mammals.- 13 Populations and Individuals.- 14 Chemostats.- 15 Spatial Patterns and Processes.- 16 Scaling Models.- 17 Chaos in Biology.- 18 Cellular Automata and Recursive Growth.- 19 Evolutionary Computation.- 20 Complex Adaptive Systems.- References.

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Throughout the book, the author aims to teach the concepts of mathematical modelling by example, allowing a full understanding of how and why mathematics is so important in biology. This is a superb introduction and complements the more technical literature... - The Biologist; Covers a broad area with wit and enthusiasm, tempered with an appropriate degree of caution...a valuable introduction...a balanced selection of references makes this a handy source text for those seeking to learn more. - Journal of Animal Ecology; The book will be useful for those readers who want to get a survey of the use of various types of models in biology. - Eur. Jnl. of Entomology, 1997; This is an excellent book for the student who wants a mathematical model but does not know how to construct one - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

Throughout the book, the author aims to teach the concepts of mathematical modelling by example, allowing a full understanding of how and why mathematics is so important in biology. This is a superb introduction and complements the more technical literature... - The Biologist; Covers a broad area with wit and enthusiasm, tempered with an appropriate degree of caution...a valuable introduction...a balanced selection of references makes this a handy source text for those seeking to learn more. - Journal of Animal Ecology; The book will be useful for those readers who want to get a survey of the use of various types of models in biology. - Eur. Jnl. of Entomology, 1997; This is an excellent book for the student who wants a mathematical model but does not know how to construct one - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

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