Handbook on Biological Networks (World Scientific Lecture Notes in Complex Systems)

Hardcover, ix + 441 pages, NOT ex-library. A clean and bright copy with unmarked text and firm binding, free of inscriptions and stamps. Published without a dust jacket. -- Networked systems are all around us. The accumulated evidence of systems as complex as a cell cannot be fully understood by studying only their isolated constituents, giving rise to a new area of interest in research: the study of complex networks. In a broad sense, biological networks have been one of the most studied networks, and the field has benefited from many important contributions. By understanding and modeling the structure of a biological network, a better perception of its dynamical and functional behavior is to be expected. This unique book compiles the most relevant results and novel insights provided by network theory in the biological sciences, ranging from the structure and dynamics of the brain to cellular and protein networks and to population-level biology. -- Contents: - Networks at the Cellular Level: - The Structural Network Properties of Biological Systems / Matteo Brilli & Pietro Lió; Dynamics of Multicellular Synthetic Gene Networks / Ekkehard Ullner et al.; Boolean Networks in Inference and Dynamic Modeling of Biological Systems at the Molecular and Physiological Level / Juilee Thakar & Réka Albert; Complexity of Boolean Dynamics in Simple Models of Signaling Networks and in Real Genetic Networks / Albert Díaz-Guilera & Elena R. Álvarez-Buylla; Geometry and Topology of Folding Landscapes / Lorenzo Bongini & Lapo Casetti; Elastic Network Models for Biomolecular Dynamics: Theory and Application to Membrane Proteins and Viruses / Timothy R. Lezon et al.; Metabolic Networks / Maria Concetta Palumbo; - Brain Networks: - The Human Brain Network / Olaf Sporns; Brain Network Analysis from High-Resolution EEG Signals / Fabrizio De Vico Fallani & Fabio Babiloni; An Optimization Approach to the Structure of the Neuronal Layout of C. elegans / Alex Arenas, Alberto Fernández & Sergio Gómez; Cultured Neuronal Networks Express Complex Patterns of Activity and Morphological Memory / Nadav Raichman et al.; Synchrony and Precise Timing in Complex Neural Networks / Raoul-Martin Memmesheimer & Marc Timme; - Networks at the Individual and Population Levels: - Ideas for Moving Beyond Structure to Dynamics of Ecological Networks / Daniel B. Stouffer, Miguel A. Fortuna & Jordi Bascompte; Evolutionary Models for Simple Biosystems / Franco Bagnoli; Evolution of Cooperation in Adaptive Social Networks / Sven Van Segbroeck et al.; From Animal Collectives and Complex Networks to Decentralized Motion Control Strategies / Arturo Buscarino et al.; Interplay of Network State and Topology in Epidemic Dynamics / Thilo Gross.…