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Mathematical Approaches to Problems in Resource Management and Epidemiology

Proceedings of a Conference held at Ithaca, NY, Oct. 28–30, 1987

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Carlos Castillo-Chavez

    1. Biometrics Unit and Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

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  2. Simon A. Levin

    1. Section of Ecology and Systematics, Center for Environmental Research and Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

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  3. Christine A. Shoemaker

    1. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics (LNBM, volume 81)

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Table of contents (25 papers)

  1. Acquired Immunodefiency Syndrome (AIDS)

    1. Possible Demographic Consequences of HIV/AIDS Epidemics: II, Assuming HIV Infection does not Necessarily Lead to AIDS

      • Robert M. May, Roy M. Anderson, Angela R. McLean
      Pages 220-248

  3. Dynamic Properties of Population Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 285-285
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    2. Inferring the Causes of Population Fluctuations

      • Stephen Ellner
      Pages 286-307

    3. Stochastic Growth Models: Recent Results and Open Problems

      • Richard Durrett
      Pages 308-312

    4. Use Differential Geometry with the Secret Ingredient: Gradients!

      • Ethan Akin
      Pages 313-318

    5. Obstacles to Modelling Large Dynamical Systems

      • John Guckenheimer
      Pages 319-327

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 331-333
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Increasingly, mathematical methods are being used to advantage in addressing the problems facing humanity in managing its environment. Problems in resource management and epidemiology especially have demonstrated the utility of quantitative modeling. To explore these approaches, the Center of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University organized a conference in Fall, 1987, with the objective of surveying and assessing the state of the art. This volume records the proceedings of that conference. Underlying virtually all of these studies are models of population growth, from individual cells to large vertebrates. Cell population growth presents the simplest of systems for study, and is of fundamental importance in its own right for a variety of medical and environmental applications. In Part I of this volume, Michael Shuler describes computer models of individual cells and cell populations, and Frank Hoppensteadt discusses the synchronization of bacterial culture growth. Together, these provide a valuable introduction to mathematical cell biology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Biometrics Unit and Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

    Carlos Castillo-Chavez

  • Section of Ecology and Systematics, Center for Environmental Research and Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

    Simon A. Levin

  • School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

    Christine A. Shoemaker

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mathematical Approaches to Problems in Resource Management and Epidemiology

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Conference held at Ithaca, NY, Oct. 28–30, 1987

  • Editors: Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Simon A. Levin, Christine A. Shoemaker

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46693-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-51820-4Published: 25 October 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-46693-9Published: 08 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0341-633X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9981

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 327

  • Number of Illustrations: 48 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Mathematical and Computational Biology, Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Zoology, Agriculture, Forestry

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