书目名称 | Modeling Biological Systems: |
副标题 | Principles and Appli |
编辑 | James W. Haefner |
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概述 | More rigorous and mathematical than the competitive titles, which are intended for a less sophisticated reader.In an active and growing area, and the fact that it is a single author text is also an ad |
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描述 | I Principles 1 1 Models of Systems 3 1. 1 Systems. Models. and Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. 2 Uses of Scientific Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. 3 Example: Island Biogeography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1. 4 Classifications of Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1. 5 Constraints on Model Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1. 6 Some Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1. 7 Misuses of Models: The Dark Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1. 8 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2 The Modeling Process 17 2. 1 Models Are Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2. 2 Two Alternative Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2. 3 An Example: Population Doubling Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 2. 4 Model Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2. 5 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 3 Qualitative Model Formulation 32 3. 1 How to Eat an Elephant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
出版日期 | Textbook 2005Latest edition |
关键词 | behavior; biological; biology; computational biology; evolution; mammals; plant; plant growth; population |
版次 | 2 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/b106568 |
isbn_softcover | 978-1-4614-9808-7 |
isbn_ebook | 978-0-387-25012-0 |
copyright | Springer-Verlag US 2005 |