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The objective of building a model of a transport process is to predict the behavior of a system under a specified set of operating conditions or to understand the interplay among various factors that contribute to a process of interest. Models can be either mathematical models or physical models. Consequently, there are two general approaches used to solve problems in biotransport: the theoretical approach and the empirical approach.
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Roselli, R.J., Diller, K.R. (2011). Modeling and Solving Biotransport Problems. In: Biotransport: Principles and Applications. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8119-6_3
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