Mathematical Concepts and Methods in Modern Biology
Using Modern Discrete Models

Expand your access to the set of mathematical tools and techniques for understanding and solving problems in the biological sciences

Raina Robeva (Edited by), Terrell Hodge (Edited by)

9780124157804

Hardback, published 21 February 2013

372 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.5 cm, 0.92 kg

"Contributors in biology, in mathematics, and in bioinformatics introduce undergraduate students and their instructors to more applications of discrete mathematics to biology than can be found in standard textbooks. The goal is not to be comprehensive, but to open the door to more advanced and specialized resources." --Reference and Research Book News, August 2013

Approx.350 pages

Preface by Raina Robeva and Terrell Hodge1. Mechanisms for Gene Regulation: A Boolean Network Model of the Lac Operon2. Epigenetic Features of the Lac Operon: Comparing Boolean and Ordinary Differential Equations Models3. Inferring the Topology of Gene Regulatory Networks: An Algebraic Approach to Reverse Engineering4. Global Dynamics Emerging from Local Interactions: Agent-based Modeling for the Life Sciences5. Agent-based Models and Optimal Control in Biology: An Algebraic Approach6. Neuronal Networks: A Discrete Model7. Predicting Plant Population Growth: Modeling with Projection Matrices8. Metabolic Pathways Analysis: A Linear Algebraic Approach9. Identifying CpG Islands: Sliding Windows and Hidden Markov Models10. Codon Usage: From Elementary Probability to Algebraic Geometry11. Phylogenetic Tree Reconstruction: Geometric Approaches

Subject Areas: Biology, life sciences [PS], Applied mathematics [PBW]