1.

Record Nr.

UNISOBVAN0036872

Autore

De Boor, Carl

Titolo

A practical guide to splines / Carl de Boor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer-Verlag, 1978

Titolo uniforme

A practical guide to splines

ISBN

03-87903-56-9

Descrizione fisica

XXIV, 392 p. ; 24 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00261517

Titolo

Biological Growth and Spread : Mathematical Theories and Applications, Proceedings of a Conference Held at Heidelberg, July 16–21, 1979 / edited by W. Jäger, H. Rost and P. Tautu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : Springer, 1980

Descrizione fisica

xi, 511 p. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

00Bxx - Conference proceedings and collections of articles [MSC 2020]

92-XX - Biology and other natural sciences [MSC 2020]

92D25 - Population dynamics (general) [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

These Proceedings have been assembled from papers presented at the Conference on Models of Biological Growth and Spread, held at the German Cancer Research Centre Heidelberg and at the Institute of Applied Mathematics of the University of Heidelberg, July 16-21, 1979.



The main theme of the conference was the mathematical representation of biolog­ ical populations with an underlying spatial structure. An important feature of such populations is that they and/or their individual com­ ponents may interact with each other. Such interactions may be due to external disturbances, internal regulatory factors or a combination of both. Many biological phenomena and processes including embryogenesis, cell growth, chemotaxis, cell adhesion, carcinogenesis, and the spread of an epidemic or of an advantageous gene can be studied in this con­ text. Thus, problems of particular importance in medicine (human and veterinary), agriculture, ecology, etc. may be taken into consideration and a deeper insight gained by utilizing (more) realistic mathematical models. Since the intrinsic biological mechanisms may differ considerably from each other, a great variety of mathematical approaches, theories and techniques is required. The aims of the conference were (i) To provide an overview of the most important biological aspects. (ii) To survey and analyse possible stochastic and deterministic approaches. (iii) To encourage new research by bringing together mathematicians interested in problems of a biological nature and scientists actively engaged in developing mathematical models in biology.