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020			_a9783319296364
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a570.15118 _bC457i
100			_aChou, Ching-Shan
245			_aIntroduction to mathematical biology _bmodeling, analysis, and simulations _cChing-Shan Chou and Avner Friedman
260			_bSpringer _c2016 _aSwitzerland
300			_avii, 172p
440			_aSpringer undergraduate texts in mathematics and technology
440			_a / edited by J. M. Borwein
520			_aThis book is based on a one semester course that the authors have been teaching for several years, and includes two sets of case studies. The first includes chemostat models, predator-prey interaction, competition among species, the spread of infectious diseases, and oscillations arising from bifurcations. In developing these topics, readers will also be introduced to the basic theory of ordinary differential equations, and how to work with MATLAB without having any prior programming experience. The second set of case studies were adapted from recent and current research papers to the level of the students. Topics have been selected based on public health interest. This includes the risk of atherosclerosis associated with high cholesterol levels, cancer and immune interactions, cancer therapy, and tuberculosis. Readers will experience how mathematical models and their numerical simulations can provide explanations that guide biological and biomedical research. Considered to be the undergraduate companion to the more advanced book "Mathematical Modeling of Biological Processes" (A. Friedman, C.-Y. Kao, Springer - 2014), this book is geared towards undergraduate students with little background in mathematics and no biological background.
650			_aMathematical -- Biology
650			_aSimulations
700			_aFriedman, Avner
942			_cBK
999			_c559312 _d559312