a Boolean approach to the analysis of complex regulatory systems ; proceedings of the EMBO Course 'Formal Analysis of Genetic Regulation', held in Brussels, Sept. 6-16, 1977
First Statement of Responsibility
ed. by René Thomas.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1979
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
XIII, 507 Seiten : Diagramme.
SERIES
Series Title
Lecture notes in biomathematics, 29.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
I: Verbal description of two well-documented genetic circuits: the lactose system in the bacterium E. coli and immunity in bacteriophage lambda.- II: The molar behaviour of cells in development.- III: Assessing the probable regulatory structures and dynamics of the metazoan genome.- IV: Combinational systems.- V: Sequential systems.- VI: Kinetic logic: a boolean analysis of the dynamic behavior of control circuits.- VII: The dynamic behaviour of boolean systems comprising feedback loops.- VIII: Delphin: a logical machine with incrementable phase delays.- IX: Computer programs for simulation of logical models.- X: Net structures for sequential logic.- XI: Mathematical aspects of biological regulatory processes.- XII: On the relation between boolean methods and the theory of finite Markov chains.- XIII: Stochastic models of cellular variability.- XIV: Comparative analysis of negative loops by continuous, boolean and stochastic approaches.- XV: How to deal with more than two levels.- XVI: General discussion on the simplifying assumptions in methods using logical, stochastic or differential equations; the ranges of applicability and the complementarity of the approaches.- XVII: Some biological examples.- XVIII: Boolean formalism and urban development.- XIX: Numerical models of oscillating genetic signals.- XX: A model for the achievement of accuracy in biology and economy.- XXI: Serial thresholds and homeotic variation.- XXII: An application of catastrophe theory to the study of a switch in Dictyostelium discoideum.- XXIII: Boolean approach of a prey-predator system.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Biomathematik.
Boolesche Algebra.
Boolescher Verband.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QH450
Book number
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E339
1979
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
ed. by René Thomas.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Course Formal Analysis of Genetic Regulation. 1977, Bruxelles.