Download or read book Towards a Mathematical Theory of Complex Biological Systems written by C Bianca and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2011-01-12 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph has the ambitious aim of developing a mathematical theory of complex biological systems with special attention to the phenomena of ageing, degeneration and repair of biological tissues under individual self-repair actions that may have good potential in medical therapy. The approach to mathematically modeling biological systems needs to tackle the additional difficulties generated by the peculiarities of living matter. These include the lack of invariance principles, abilities to express strategies for individual fitness, heterogeneous behaviors, competition up to proliferative and/or destructive actions, mutations, learning ability, evolution and many others. Applied mathematicians in the field of living systems, especially biological systems, will appreciate the special class of integro-differential equations offered here for modeling at the molecular, cellular and tissue scales. A unique perspective is also presented with a number of case studies in biological modeling. Contents:Looking for a Mathematical Theory of Biological SystemsOn the Complexity of Biological SystemsImmune System, Wound Healing Process, and System Biology:The Immune System: A Phenomenological OverviewWound Healing Process and Organ RepairFrom Levels of Biological Organization to System BiologyMathematical Tools:Mathematical Tools and StructuresMultiscale Modeling: Linking Molecular, Cellular, and Tissues ScalesApplications and Research Perspectives:A Model for the Malign Keloid Formation and Immune System CompetitionMacroscopic Models of Chemotaxis by KTAP Asymptotic MethodsLooking Ahead Readership: Researchers in mathematical modeling and biological systems. Keywords:Mathematical Theory;Biological Systems;SubsystemKey Features:Provides a new conceptual background to applied mathematicians involved in the challenging research field of living systems, and specifically biology systemsGives more accurate ODE, cellular-automata, and continuum models from the biological point of view