Table of Contents

Preface; Part I. Theoretical Modeling Tools: 1. Introduction; 2. Discrete-time models; 3. Ordinary differential equations; 4. Partial differential equations; 5. Stochastic models; 6. Cellular automata and related models; 7. Estimating parameters; Part II. Self-guided Computer Tutorial: 8. Maple course; Part III. Projects: 9. Project descriptions; 10. Solved projects; Appendix; Bibliography; Author index; Index.

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Reviews

'There really is not a book that is directly comparable. Students will be able to study any area of biology with a mathematical perspective. The projects and the introduction to computation are a real bonus.' Fred Brauer, Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia 'One can warmly recommend this book to any undergraduate students in life science or mathematics who want to be introduced to the fascinating field of biomathematics.' J.-P. Gabriel, Departement de Mathematiques de l'universite, Fribourg