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Getting started in mathematical life sciences : (Record no. 10697)

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9789811982576
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9811982570
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 570.1/51
MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Satō, Makoto,
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Getting started in mathematical life sciences :
Remainder of title from Matlab programming to computer simulations /
Statement of responsibility, etc Makoto Sato
Copyright Date
Place of publication Singapore :
Name of publisher Springer,
Year of publication or production 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages 1 online resource (376 pages) :
Other physical details illustrations (black and white, and colour)
SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Theoretical biology
FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1. Preparation -- 2. Introduction to MATLAB programming -- 3. Simulating time variations in life phenomena -- 4. Simulating temporal and spatial changes in biological phenomena
SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This book helps the reader make use of the mathematical models of biological phenomena starting from the basics of programming and computer simulation. Computer simulations based on a mathematical model enable us to find a novel biological mechanism and predict an unknown biological phenomenon. Mathematical biology could further expand the progress of modern life sciences. Although many biologists are interested in mathematical biology, they do not have experience in mathematics and computer science. An educational course that combines biology, mathematics, and computer science is very rare to date. Published books for mathematical biology usually explain the theories of established mathematical models, but they do not provide a practical explanation for how to solve the differential equations included in the models, or to establish such a model that fits with a phenomenon of interest. MATLAB is an ideal programming platform for the beginners of computer science. This book starts from the very basics about how to write a programming code for MATLAB (or Octave), explains how to solve ordinary and partial differential equations, and how to apply mathematical models to various biological phenomena such as diabetes, infectious diseases, and heartbeats. Some of them are original models, newly developed for this book. Because MATLAB codes are embedded and explained throughout the book, it will be easy to catch up with the text. In the final chapter, the book focuses on the mathematical model of the proneural wave, a phenomenon that guarantees the sequential differentiation of neurons in the brain. This model was published as a paper from the authors lab (Sato et al., PNAS 113, E5153, 2016), and was intensively explained in the book chapter "Notch Signaling in Embryology and Cancer", published by Springer in 2020. This book provides the reader who has a biological background with invaluable opportunities to learn and practice mathematical biology
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Biomathematics.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Life sciences
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Life sciences
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier https://rave.ohiolink.edu/ebooks/ebc2/9789811982576
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-981-19-8257-6
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://proxy.ohiolink.edu:9099/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-981-19-8257-6
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Koha item type Books
Holdings
Permanent Location Current Location Date acquired Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). 09/25/2023 QH323.5 1088009 Books
Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). 09/25/2023 QH323.5 1088010 Books
Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). 09/25/2023 QH323.5 1088011 Books

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