This interdisciplinary textbook provides a practical introduction to basic mathematical modelling methodology and analysis. It covers a variety of biological applications and uses these topics in turn to highlight key components in the art of modelling. INDICE: Preface; 1: What models can do for the life sciences; 2: Basic modelling concepts and techniques; 3: Working with Ordinary Differential Equations; 4: Models and data analysis; 5: Modelling principles; 6: Growth of populations and of individuals; 7: Infection and immunity; 8: Physiology; 9: Stochastic models; Appendix A: Maths miscellany; Appendix B: From Boltzmann to Nernst; Appendix C: Ultimate behaviour of a closed, connected, compartmental system; Appendix D: Buckingham's theorem; Appendix E: Minimising the sum of squares with respect to the parameters; Appendix F: Global sensitivity analysis: parameter transformations for 'large' systems; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-958218-1
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 25/11/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés