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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299982003321

Autore

Friedman Avner

Titolo

Mathematical Modeling of Biological Processes / / by Avner Friedman, Chiu-Yen Kao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-08314-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VI, 154 p. 32 illus., 17 illus. in color.) : online resource

Collana

Lecture Notes on Mathematical Modelling in the Life Sciences, , 2193-4789

Disciplina

570.15118

Soggetti

Biomathematics

Biophysics

Mathematical and Computational Biology

Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Chemical Kinetics and Enzyme Dynamics -- Ordinary Differential Equations -- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases -- Chemostats and Competition Among Species -- Bifurcation Theory -- Neuronal Oscillations -- Conservation Laws -- Neurofilaments Transport in Axon -- Diffusion and Chemotaxis -- Cancer -- Cancer Therapy -- Granulomas -- Bibliography -- Answers to Problems.

Sommario/riassunto

This book on mathematical modeling of biological processes includes a wide selection of biological topics that demonstrate the power of mathematics and computational codes in setting up biological processes with a rigorous and predictive framework. Topics include: enzyme dynamics, spread of disease, harvesting bacteria, competition among live species, neuronal oscillations, transport of neurofilaments in axon, cancer and cancer therapy, and granulomas. Complete with a description of the biological background and biological question that requires the use of mathematics, this book is developed for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students with only basic knowledge of ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations; background in biology is not required. Students will gain



knowledge on how to program with MATLAB without previous programming experience and how to use codes in order to test biological hypothesis.