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Optimality principles in biology /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosen, Robert, 1934-1998
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Butterworths, 1967.
Series:Butterworths mathematical texts.
Subjects:
Biomathematics.
Biophysics.
Biological control systems.
Biometry.
Biomathématiques.
Biophysique.
Systèmes de contrôle biologique.
Biologie.
Electronic books.
Optimalisierung.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. General considerations
  • 2. Basic mathematical techniques
  • 3. The vascular system
  • 4. Ontogeny and phylogeny
  • 5. Optimality and the allometric law
  • 6. Optimality and D'Arcy Thompson's theory of transformations
  • 7. Homeostasis in biology : general orientation
  • 8. Input-output systems
  • 9. Some biological regulators
  • 10. Dynamical systems and control theory
  • 11. Adaptive systems in biology
  • 12. Biology and the social sciences.