Mathematical models in biology

Clasificación: QH 323.5 E22 2005 | Agregado: 07/10/2020

Leah Edelstein-Keshet. -- Philadelphia : SIAM, 2005.
xliii, 586 p.; 23 cm. -- (Classics in applied mathematics ; 46)
ISBN 978-0-898715-54-5.
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Contenido: Discrete process in biology -- The theory of linear difference equations applied to population growth -- Nonlinear difference equations -- Applications of nonlinear difference equations to population biology -- Continuous processes and ordinary differential equations -- An introduction to continuous models -- Phase-plane methods and qualitative solutions -- Applications of continuous models to population dynamics -- Models for molecular events -- Limit cycles, oscillations, and excitable systems -- Spatially distributed systems and partial differential equations models -- An introduction to partial differential equations and diffusion in biological settings -- Partial differential equation models in biology -- Models for development and pattern formation in biological systems.