Synopses & Reviews
This is the only book that teaches all aspects of modern mathematical modeling.
Synopsis
The field of mathematical biology is growing rapidly. Questions about infectious diseases, heart attacks, cell signaling, cell movement, ecology, environmental changes, and genomics are now being analyzed using mathematical and computational methods. This is the only book that teaches all aspects of modern mathematical modeling and is specifically designed to introduce undergraduate students to problem solving in the context of biology. All chapters include realistic biological examples, with many exercises related to biological questions. An accompanying website contains solutions and a tutorial for the implementation of the computational modeling techniques.
Table of Contents
Preface; Part I. Theoretical Modeling Tools: 1. Introduction; 2. Discrete-time models; 3. Ordinary differential equations; 4. Partial differential equations; 5. Stochastic models; 6. Cellular automata and related models; 7. Estimating parameters; Part II. Self-guided Computer Tutorial: 8. Maple course; Part III. Projects: 9. Project descriptions; 10. Solved projects; Appendix; Bibliography; Author index; Index.