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Modeling of biological tree structures

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Biological tree-like structures, such as mammalian tracheobronchial airways, are complicated branching systems. One problem in modeling such systems is the reassignment of the number of segments at a given generation in the model being constructed. A hypothesis is proposed which has successfully been used in modeling mammalian lung airways.

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  1. Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute, Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, 87115, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    H. C. Yeh

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Research supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences through U.S. Department of Energy Contract Number EY-76-C-04-1013.

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Yeh, H.C. Modeling of biological tree structures. Bltn Mathcal Biology 41, 893–898 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02462385

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