Abstract
Dynamic modeling is an approach to understand the causal processes that shape behaviors of systems, to capture these processes in a computer model, and to use that model for the exploration of possible changes in those behaviors, given different influences on them. In this chapter, we lay the foundation for dynamic modeling, using the graphical software language STELLA.
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A save-disabled version of STELLA and the computer models of this book are available at www.iseesystems.com/modelingdynamicbiologicalsystems.
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Hannon, B., Ruth, M. (2014). Modeling Dynamic Biological Systems. In: Modeling Dynamic Biological Systems. Modeling Dynamic Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05615-9_1
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