Self-organized biological dynamics & nonlinear control: toward understanding complexity, chaos, and emergent function in living systems

The growing impact of nonlinear science on biology and medicine is fundamentally changing our view of living organisms and disease processes. This book introduces the application to biomedicine of a broad range of interdisciplinary concepts from nonlinear dynamics, such as self-organization, complex...

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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Walleczek, Jan 1964- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2000
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511535338
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511535338
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511535338
Zusammenfassung:The growing impact of nonlinear science on biology and medicine is fundamentally changing our view of living organisms and disease processes. This book introduces the application to biomedicine of a broad range of interdisciplinary concepts from nonlinear dynamics, such as self-organization, complexity, coherence, stochastic resonance, fractals and chaos. It comprises 18 chapters written by leading figures in the field and covers experimental and theoretical research, as well as the emerging technological possibilities such as nonlinear control techniques for treating pathological biodynamics, including heart arrhythmias and epilepsy. This book will attract the interest of professionals and students from a wide range of disciplines, including physicists, chemists, biologists, sensory physiologists and medical researchers such as cardiologists, neurologists and biomedical engineers
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Umfang:1 online resource (xiii, 428 pages)
ISBN:9780511535338
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511535338