Modeling biological systems: principles and applications

Abstract

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.