Dynamical Modelling in Biotechnology

by Bagnoli, Franco

• ISBN13: 9789810236045
• ISBN10: 9810236042
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

Lectures presented at the EU Advanced Workshop on Dynamical Modeling in Biotechnology, part of the DGXII European Commission BIOTECH (1994-1998) Program, held in Villa Gualino, Torino, Italy, May 27th though June 9th, 1996. Includes lectures and articles describing modeling techniques for a variety of disciplines and specializations.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Cellular Automata	p. 3
Barolo: Biological Ageing Research on Long-Lived Organisms	p. 47
Bacterial Translation Modeling and Statistical Mechanics	p. 59
Automata Network Models in Ecology and Epidemiology	p. 73
Formal Neural Networks: An Introduction to Supervised Learning and a Selected Bibliography	p. 97
Dynamical Systems, Qualitative Theory, and Simulation	p. 113
Nonlinear Excitations and Energy Localization. Applications to Molecular Biology	p. 129
The Immune System, and Why Modeling It Makes Sense	p. 187
Immune System Modelling	p. 197
Discrete Models for Simulating Biological Systems	p. 215
Modeling TH1-TH2 Regulation, Allergy, and Hyposensitization	p. 227
Phase Transitions in a Probabilistic Cellular Automation with Two Absorbing States	p. 247
High Cooperativity as Origin of Pattern Complexity	p. 263
Structured Mathematical Models for Dynamics of Microbial Growth: First Order and Discrete Time Delays	p. 269
Stability of Microbial Mixed Culture Bioprocesses	p. 279
Simulating the Immune Response on a Distributed Parallel Computer	p. 289
List of Participants	p. 309
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