Models of the Structural-Functional Organization of Certain Biological Systems
Language: English
Published by The MIT Press, 1971
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- Title
- Models of the Structural-Functional Organization of Certain Biological Systems
- Author
- Gelfand, I M
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Publication year
- 1971
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0262070421
- ISBN 13
- 9780262070423
- Item weight
- 950 grams
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- Biology
The collection includes only that sort of model for which some real physiological system is the subject; constructions not having well-grounded roots in biology are omitted, and so are those that mathematicians might find simplistic and unlikely to evolve fruitfully. Since from the editors' point of view, a model description and physiological experiment are consecutive stages of research, some of these chapters are purely theoretical, while others are of a traditionally experimental character. In their Introduction, the editors have attempted to draw together the various presentations and diversities of subject matter; in his Foreword, Peter H. Green has provided not only current information on the topics discussed in the articles, but also a bibliography of current works and articles.
Individual papers on the functioning of specific systems discuss the construction of models that correctly describe the functioning system. The postulates employed correspond to the real properties of the elements of the modeled system and to the interrelationship of the elements. The model is then refined to a level at which conclusions can be made that allow experimental verification. The ultimate goal in each case is, of course, to render predictable certain properties of the system not previously obvious, and to allow the corresponding model to be utilized in gaining an understanding of the function of the system under investigation.
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