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The purpose of this unique textbook is to bridge the gap between the need for numerical solutions to modelling techniques through computer simulations to develop skill in employing sensitivity analysis to biological and life sciences applications.
List of contents
1. Introduction. 2. Mathematical Background. 3. Introduction to the Numerical Methods. 4. Ecology. 5. Within-host Disease Models. 6. Between-Host Disease Models. 7. Microbiology. 8. Circulation and Cardiac Physiology. 9. Neuroscience. 10. Genetics.
About the author
Nicholas G. Cogan is Professor of Mathematics at Florida State University. He began studying mathematical biology in undergraduate school and received his Ph.D. from the University of Utah under James P. Keener. He routinely works with microbiologists, environmental engineers, clinicians, and other scientists outside of mathematics. He has taught for twenty years at the undergraduate level and his research focuses on mathematical modeling in the life sciences. He is the author of over fifty articles using mathematics with biology.
Summary
The purpose of this unique textbook is to bridge the gap between the need for numerical solutions to modelling techniques through computer simulations to develop skill in employing sensitivity analysis to biological and life sciences applications.
