Biological Delay Systems by N Macdonald
In studying the dynamics of populations, whether of animals, plants or cells, it is crucial to allow for intrinsic delays, due to such things as gestation, maturation or transport. This book is concerned with one of the fundamental questions in the analysis of the effect of delays, namely determining whether they effect the stability of steady states. The analysis is presented for one or two such delays treated both as discrete, where an event which occurred at a precise time in the past has an effect now, and distributed, where the delay is averaged over the population's history. Both of these types occur in biological contexts. The method used to tackle these questions is linear stability analysis which leads to an understanding of the local stability. By avoiding global questions, the author has kept the mathematical prerequisites to a minimum, essentially advanced calculus and ordinary differential equations.-
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Genealogical Genetic Structure
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An Introduction to Mathematical Physiology and Biology
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An Introduction to the Mathematics of Neurons
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Biological Kinetics
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Introduction to Theoretical Neurobiology: Volume 1, Linear Cable Theory and Dendritic Structure
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Introduction to Theoretical Neurobiology: Volume 2, Nonlinear and Stochastic Theories
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Mechanics of Swimming and Flying
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Evolution in Age-Structured Populations
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The Theory of the Chemostat
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Mathematical Methods of Population Biology
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Mathematics of Genome Analysis
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Mathematical Aspects of Hodgkin-Huxley Neural Theory
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Epidemic Modelling
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Modelling Biological Populations in Space and Time
NANCY MACDONALD was born in England and raised in New York. She is currently based in London, where she works as a young consultant for a branding firm. Her PhD thesis, which she completed at Brunel University, is the basis for this book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521048163 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521048168 |
| Title | Biological Delay Systems |
| Author | N Macdonald |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Mathematical Biology |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2008-01-03 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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