Overview
- Presents a broad overview of the most important techniques used to model biological systems
- Provides a detailed introduction to agent-based models, stochastic modeling techniques, and spatial simulations for the novice modeler
- With exercises, and a companion website featuring downloadable sample code
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications (SFMA)
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
David J. Barnes is a senior lecturer in computer science at the University of Kent, UK, with a strong background in the teaching of programming and the implementation of computational models of biological systems.
Dominique Chu is a senior lecturer in computer science at the University of Kent, UK. He is an expert in mathematical and computational modeling of biological systems, with years of experience in these fields.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Guide to Simulation and Modeling for Biosciences
Authors: David J. Barnes, Dominique Chu
Series Title: Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6762-4
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6761-7Published: 11 September 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6898-0Published: 22 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-6762-4Published: 01 September 2015
Series ISSN: 2195-2817
Series E-ISSN: 2195-2825
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XII, 339
Number of Illustrations: 80 b/w illustrations
Topics: Simulation and Modeling, Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics, Computational Biology/Bioinformatics, Computer Appl. in Life Sciences