A Course in Mathematical Biology. Quantitative Modeling with Mathematical and Computational Methods
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Author(s): G. de Vries et al.
Publisher: SIAM
ISBN: 0898716128
Format: softback
309pp
Price: $69.00
Review Date: 02 August 2006
Review: This book grew out of 7–11 day workshops in mathematical biology that have been taught for the last 11 years at the University of Tübingen in Germany and at the University of Alberta. There are three parts to the book: (1) Analytical modelling techniques; (2) Computational modelling techniques and (3) Problem solving. The first part covers basic analytical modelling techniques with each section providing a number of biologically motivated exercises. The second part introduces computational tools used in the modelling of biological problems. Students are led through symbolic and numerical calculations with Maple, Mathematica and Matlab. The last part gives open-ended problems from epidemiology, ecology, and physiology. The book can be use for a full-term course or 10-day workshop.