Theoretical Models in Biology: The Origin of Life, the Immune System, and the Brain
Author:   Rowe
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   New edition
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9780198596875


Pages:   436
Publication Date:   25 September 1997
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Theoretical Models in Biology: The Origin of Life, the Immune System, and the Brain


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Author:   Rowe
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.668kg
ISBN:  

9780198596875


ISBN 10:   0198596871
Pages:   436
Publication Date:   25 September 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

I: THE ORIGIN OF LIFE 1: The molecular basis of life 2: Molecular evolution and quasi-species 3: Stochastic processes 4: A spin glass model of the origin of life 5: The origin of the genetic code 6: Hypercycles 7: Artificial life II: THE IMMUNE SYSTEM 8: The immune system 9: Bell's model 10: Adaptive walks 11: Maturation of the immune response 12: The symmetric immune network model 13: A shape space network model 14: AIDS III: THE BRAIN 15: Neurons and synapses 16: Memory 17: The McCullogh-Pitts neural net 18: Perceptrons 19: Connectionism 20: Attractor neural networks 21: Unsupervised learning 22: Evolutionary learning A. Differential equations B. A statistics primer C. Computer simulation Bibliography Index

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Anyone who is interested in the theoretical models of complicated living systems should have this in his or her library. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology


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Dr G. W. Rowe, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN

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