Modeling living systems : from cell to ecosystem /
Modeling is now one of the most efficient methodologies in life sciences. From practice to theory, this book develops this approach illustrated by many examples; general concepts and the current state of the art are also presented and discussed. An historical and general introduction informs the rea...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London : Wiley,
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2012.
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| Series: | Environmental engineering series (London, England)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Methodology of modeling in biology and ecology
- Functional representations: construction and interpretation of mathematical models
- Growth models
- Population dynamics and genetics
- Models of the interaction between populations
- Compartmental models
- Complexity, scales, chaos, chance and other oddities
- Appendix 1: Differential equations
- Appendix 2: Recurrence equations
- Appendix 3: Fitting a model to experimental results
- Appendix 4: Introduction to stochastic processes
- Bibliography
- Index.