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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254276803321

Autore

Rudnicki Ryszard

Titolo

Piecewise deterministic processes in biological models / / by Ryszard Rudnicki, Marta Tyran-Kamińska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-61295-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 169 p. 10 illus.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Methods, , 2365-0826

Disciplina

519.233

Soggetti

Biomathematics

Systems biology

Statistical physics

Dynamics

Probabilities

Biomedical engineering

Genetics and Population Dynamics

Systems Biology

Complex Systems

Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 Biological Models -- 2 Markov Processes -- 3 Operator Semigroups -- 4 Stochastic Semigroups -- 5 Asymptotic Properties of Stochastic Semigroups — General Results -- 6 Asymptotic Properties of Stochastic Semigroups — Applications.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a concise introduction to piecewise deterministic Markov processes (PDMPs), with particular emphasis on their applications to biological models. Further, it presents examples of biological phenomena, such as gene activity and population growth, where different types of PDMPs appear: continuous time Markov chains, deterministic processes with jumps, processes with switching



dynamics, and point processes. Subsequent chapters present the necessary tools from the theory of stochastic processes and semigroups of linear operators, as well as theoretical results concerning the long-time behaviour of stochastic semigroups induced by PDMPs and their applications to biological models.  As such, the book offers a valuable resource for mathematicians and biologists alike. The first group will find new biological models that lead to interesting and often new mathematical questions, while the second can observe how to include seemingly disparate biological proc esses into a unified mathematical theory, and to arrive at revealing biological conclusions.  The target audience primarily comprises of researchers in these two fields, but the book will also benefit graduate students.