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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299787303321

Autore

Deuflhard Peter

Titolo

A Guide to Numerical Modelling in Systems Biology / / by Peter Deuflhard, Susanna Röblitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-20059-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 168 p. 42 illus., 33 illus. in color.)

Collana

Texts in Computational Science and Engineering, , 1611-0994 ; ; 12

Disciplina

515.352

Soggetti

Differential equations

Applied mathematics

Engineering mathematics

Biomathematics

Computer simulation

Physics

Ordinary Differential Equations

Applications of Mathematics

Mathematical and Computational Biology

Simulation and Modeling

Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Outline -- ODE Models for Systems Biological Networks -- Numerical Simulation of ODE Models -- Parameter Identification in ODE Models -- Appendix -- Software -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is intended for students of computational systems biology with only a limited background in mathematics. Typical books on systems biology merely mention algorithmic approaches, but without offering a deeper understanding. On the other hand, mathematical books are typically unreadable for computational biologists. The authors of the present book have worked hard to fill this gap. The result is not a book on systems biology, but on computational methods in systems biology. This book originated from courses taught by the



authors at Freie Universität Berlin. The guiding idea of the courses was to convey those mathematical insights that are indispensable for systems biology, teaching the necessary mathematical prerequisites by means of many illustrative examples and without any theorems. The three chapters cover the mathematical modelling of biochemical and physiological processes, numerical simulation of the dynamics of biological networks, and identification of model parameters by means of comparisons with real data. Throughout the text, the strengths and weaknesses of numerical algorithms with respect to various systems biological issues are discussed. Web addresses for downloading the corresponding software are also included.  .