00896nam0-2200313---450-99000914826040332120100215120230.0978-1-4051-7795-5000914826FED01000914826(Aleph)000914826FED0100091482620100215d2008----km-y0itay50------baengGBa-------001yyMathematical ecology of populations and ecosystemsJohn PastorOxford ; Hoboken, NJWiley-Blackwell2008XIV, 329 p.ill.25 cmEcologia574.520itaPastor,John433632ITUNINARICAUNIMARCBK99000914826040332160 574.5 B 7712300FAGBCFAGBCMathematical ecology of populations and ecosystems778710UNINA01037nam a22002651i 450099100323343970753620040206092029.0040802s2000 xxu|||||||||||||||||eng 0412993910b1304462x-39ule_instARCHE-099723ExLBiblioteca InterfacoltàitaA.t.i. Arché s.c.r.l. Pandora Sicilia s.r.l.574.8Waterman, Michael S.116964Introduction to computational biology :maps, sequences and genomes /Michael S. WatermanBoca Raton [etc.] :Chapman & Hall,2000XV, 431 p. ;24 cmInterdisciplinary statisticsBiologia molecolare.b1304462x02-04-1405-08-04991003233439707536LE002 Scien. II G 1912002000265531le002C. 1-E0.00-l- 02020.i1366838905-08-04Introduction to computational biology287119UNISALENTOle00205-08-04ma -engxxu0105607nam 2200781Ia 450 991082740490332120230725045356.0978352763680835276368039781283869737128386973X978352763681535276368119783527636792352763679X(CKB)3270000000000219(EBL)822725(OCoLC)797919287(SSID)ssj0000622304(PQKBManifestationID)11440831(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622304(PQKBWorkID)10638021(PQKB)11587318(MiAaPQ)EBC822725(Au-PeEL)EBL822725(CaPaEBR)ebr10577547(CaONFJC)MIL418223(Perlego)1012303(EXLCZ)99327000000000021920110628d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPhysics of self-organization and evolution /Rainer Feistel and Werner Ebeling2nd ed.Weinheim Wiley-VCHc20111 online resource (535 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9783527409631 3527409637 Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-500) and index.Physics of Self-Organization and Evolution; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction to the Field of Self-Organization; 1.1 Basic Concepts; 1.2 History of Evolution as a Short Story; 1.3 Structure, Self-organization, and Complexity; 1.4 Entropy, Equilibrium, and Nonequilibrium; 1.5 Dynamics, Stability, and Instability; 1.6 Self-Organization of Information and Values; 2 Fundamental Laws of Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics; 2.1 The Thermodynamic Way of Describing Nature - Basic Variables; 2.2 Three Fundamental Laws and the Gibbs Relation of Thermodynamics2.3 Thermodynamic Potentials, Inequalities, and Variational Principles2.4 Irreversible Processes and Self-Organization; 2.5 Irreversible Radiation Transport; 2.6 Irreversible Processes and Fluctuations; 2.7 Toward a Thermodynamics of Small Systems Far from Equilibrium; 3 Evolution of Earth and the Terrestrial Climate; 3.1 The Photon Mill; 3.2 Black-Body Radiation Model of Earth; 3.3 Local Seasonal Response; 3.4 Atmospheric Cooling Rate; 3.5 Black-Body Model with Atmosphere; 3.6 Humidity and Latent Heat; 3.7 Greenhouse Effect; 3.8 Spatial Structure of the Planet; 3.9 Early Evolution of Earth4 Nonlinear Dynamics, Instabilities, and Fluctuations4.1 State Space, Dynamic Systems, and Graphs; 4.2 Deterministic Dynamic Systems; 4.3 Stochastic Models for Continuous Variables and Predictability; 4.4 Graphs - Mathematical Models of Structures and Networks; 4.5 Stochastic Models for Discrete Variables; 4.6 Stochastic Processes on Networks; 5 Self-Reproduction, Multistability, and Information Transfer as Basic Mechanisms of Evolution; 5.1 The Role of Self-Reproduction and Multistability; 5.2 Deterministic Models of Self-Reproduction and Bistability5.3 Stochastic Theory of Birth-and-Death Processes5.4 Stochastic Analysis of the Survival of the New; 5.5 Survival of the New in Bistable Systems; 5.6 Multistability, Information Storage, and Information Transfer; 6 Competition and Selection Processes; 6.1 Discussion of Basic Terms; 6.2 Extremum Principles; 6.3 Dynamical Models with Simple Competition; 6.4 Stochastic of Simple Competition Processes; 6.5 Competition in Species Networks; 6.6 Selection and Coexistence; 6.7 Hyperselection; 6.8 Selection in Ecological Systems; 6.9 Selection with Sexual Replication6.10 Selection between Microreactors6.11 Selection in Social Systems; 7 Models of Evolution Processes; 7.1 Sequence-Evolution Models; 7.2 Evolution on Fitness Landscapes; 7.3 Evolution on Smooth Fisher-Eigen Landscapes; 7.4 Evolution on Random Fisher-Eigen Landscapes; 7.5 Evolution on Lotka-Volterra Landscapes; 7.6 Axiomatic Evolution Models; 7.7 Boolean Behavior in the Positive Cone; 7.8 Axiomatic Description of a Boolean Reaction System; 7.9 Reducible, Linear, and Ideal Boolean Reaction Systems; 7.10 Minor and Major of a Boolean Reaction System7.11 Selection and Evolution in Boolean Reaction SystemsThis thoroughly updated version of the German authoritative work on self-organization has been completely rewritten by internationally renowned experts and experienced book authors to also include a review of more recent literature. It retains the original enthusiasm and fascination surrounding thermodynamic systems far from equilibrium, synergetics, and the origin of life, representing an easily readable book and tutorial on this exciting field. The book is unique in covering in detail the experimental and theoretical fundamentals of self-organizing systems as well as such selected featEvolution (Biology)Self-organizing systemsSynergeticsThermodynamic equilibriumEvolution (Biology)Self-organizing systems.Synergetics.Thermodynamic equilibrium.003.7Feistel Rainer1646642Ebeling Werner1936-881898MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827404903321Physics of self-organization and evolution3996937UNINA