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Structural Properties of Biological and Ecological Systems

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It is astounding how systems in nature can survive under completely different environmental conditions and in the presence of huge parameter variations. Structural analysis aims at explaining why this is possible by studying properties of biological models that hold regardless of parameter values. Here, we discuss selected system properties that have been successfully investigated and explained just looking at the structure, without the need of quantitative information.

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  1. University of Udine, Udine, Italy

    Franco Blanchini

  2. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Elisa Franco

  3. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Povo, TN, Italy

    Giulia Giordano

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

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  2. Automation and Control Solutions, Honeywell, Golden Valley, MN, USA

    Tariq Samad

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Blanchini, F., Franco, E., Giordano, G. (2020). Structural Properties of Biological and Ecological Systems. In: Baillieul, J., Samad, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Systems and Control. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_100060-1

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