Section Theoretical Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Kaiserstraat 63, The Netherlands
Unified presentation of mathematical modeling in the biological sciences
Presents state-of-the-art mathematical modeling and simulation techniques needed to examine central problems in the life sciences
Covers a diverse range of subjects having real-world applications to epidemiology, evolution, ecology, immunology, and neurology
For a broad audience of researchers, practitioners, and advanced students in applied mathematics, experimental biology and medicine, computational biology, biochemistry, computer science, and physics
This edited volume contains a selection of chapters that are an outgrowth of the - ropean Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ECMTB05, Dresden, Germany, July 2005). The peer-reviewed contributions show that mathematical and computational approaches are absolutely essential to solving central problems in the life sciences, ranging from the organizational level of individual cells to the dynamics of whole populations. The contributions indicate that theoretical and mathematical biology is a diverse and interdisciplinary ?eld, ranging from experimental research linked to mathema- cal modelling to the development of more abstract mathematical frameworks in which observations about the real world can be interpreted and with which new hypotheses for testing can be generated. Today, much attention is also paid to the development of ef?cient algorithms for complex computations and visualization, notably in molecular biology and genetics. The ?eld of theoretical and mathematical biology and medicine has profound connections to many current problems of great relevance to society. The medical, industrial, and social interests in its development are in fact undisputable. Insights and predictions from mathematical modelling are used increasingly in de- sion support in medicine (e.g., immunology and spread of infectious diseases, cancer research, cardiovascular research, neurological research, optimization of medical tre- ments,imaging),environmentalandnaturemanagement,climateproblems,agriculture and management of natural resources. Fast developments in areas such as biotechn- ogy (e.g., genome projects, genetic modi?cation, tissue engineering) continue to add new focal points of activity to the ?eld. The contributions of this volume capture some of thesedevelopments.
Editors and Affiliations
Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Andreas Deutsch
Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Rafael Bravo de la Parra
Department of Theoretical Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, The Netherlands
Rob J. de Boer
Mathematisch Instituut, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 6, The Netherlands
Odo Diekmann
Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg University, Sweden
Peter Jagers
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Helsinki, Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2b, Finland
Eva Kisdi
Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, Germany
Mirjam Kretzschmar
Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, Czech Republic
Petr Lansky
Section Theoretical Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Kaiserstraat 63, The Netherlands
Hans Metz
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems, Volume II
Book Subtitle: Epidemiology, Evolution and Ecology, Immunology, Neural Systems and the Brain, and Innovative Mathematical Methods
Editors: Andreas Deutsch, Rafael Bravo de la Parra, Rob J. de Boer, Odo Diekmann, Peter Jagers, Eva Kisdi, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Petr Lansky, … Hans Metz