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Title
Combined discrete and continual approaches in biological modelling / Alexander E. Filippov, Stanislav N. Gorb.
ISBN
9783030415280 (electronic book)
3030415287 (electronic book)
3030415279
9783030415273
Publication Details
Cham : Springer, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-41
Call Number
QH324.8
Dewey Decimal Classification
570.1/13
Summary
Basic laws of nature are rather simple, but observed biological structures and their dynamic behaviors are unbelievably complicated. This book is devoted to a study of this "strange" relationship by applying mathematical modeling to various structures and phenomena in biology, such as surface patterns, bioadhesion, locomotion, predator-prey behavior, seed dispersal, etc. and revealing a kind of self-organization in these phenomena. In spite of diversity of biological systems considered, two main questions are (1) what does self-organization in biology mean mathematically and (2) how one can apply this knowledge to generate new knowledge about behavior of particular biological system? We believe that this kind of "biomimetics" in computer will lead to better understanding of biological phenomena and possibly towards development of technical implications based on our modeling.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
Biologically-inspired systems ; 16.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783030415273
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Various methods of pattern formation
Chapter 3. Clusterization of biological structures with high aspect ratio
Chapter 4. Contact between biological attachment devices and rough
Chapter 5. Anisotropic friction in biological systems
Chapter 6. Mechanical interlocking of biological fasteners
Chapter 7. Biomechanics at the microscale
Chapter 8. Nanoscale pattern formation in biological surfaces
Chapter 9. Ecology and evolution.