Mathematical Modelling in Biology and Ecology

Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the CSIR, Pretoria, July 1979
Herausgegeben von Getz, W.M.

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume consists of a selection of papers presented at a 'Symposium on Mathematical Modelling in Biology and Ecology', held at the Conference Centre of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa on July 5 and 6, 1979. The Symposium was organized by the National Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences of the CSIR, the National Institute of Virology, the University of the Witwaters= rand and the South African Journal of Science. The primary reason for the symposium was to provide a forum for South African researchers in the fields of Mathematical Biology and Ecology, at which to present or review their most recent work. It was also hoped that such a symposium would stimulate further research in this field in South Africa and elsewhere. Accordingly a number of South African Scien= tists working on a wide range of problems in Mathematical Biology and Ecology and three Scientists from North America, were invited to present papers. Although a somewhat wide spectrum of problems was covered by the Symposium, a balance was maintained by ensuring that the papers were evenly distributed in the three categories: Models of Physiological Pro= cesses; Morphological Models; and Ecological and Population Models.

Produktdetails

• Lecture Notes in Biomathematics .33
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-540-09735-8
• 1980.
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1980
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9783540097358
• ISBN-10: 354009735X
• Artikelnr.: 25171585

Inhaltsangabe

I: Models of Physiological Processes.- Linear and non-linear analysis of mammalian motor control.- Optimal processes of neuro-musculoskeletal control systems.- A model cylinder of excitable cells simulates fibrillation on the basis of inhomogeneous refractory periods.- An enzyme theory of nervous conduction.- Mathematics and cancer.- A dynamic stochastic model for animal growth.- II: Morphological Models.- A two-morphogen diffusion model for gastrulation.- Modelling the human red blood cell shape.- Model biological tubules: the geometry and contraction of tubular arrays of spheres.- Microfibrillar structure of growing plant cell walls.- Modelling the growth of simple biological organisms using formal language theory.- III: Ecological and Population Models.- Evaluation of ecological simulation models.- Mathematical models for the rotating biological disc reactor.- Harvesting models and stock recruitment curves in fisheries management.- The application of modelling to Southern African fisheries management.- An exploratory model of Impala population dynamics.