{"product_id":"systems-biology-modelling-and-analysis-9781119716532","title":"Systems Biology Modelling and Analysis","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSystems Biology Modelling and Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e describes important modelling and computational methods for systems biology research to enable practitioners to select and use the most suitable technique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSystems Biology Modelling and Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e provides an overview of state-of-the-art techniques and introduces related tools and practices to formalise models and automate reasoning for systems biology. The authors present and compare the main formal methods used in systems biology for modelling biological networks, including discussion of their advantages, drawbacks, and main applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach chapter includes an intuitive presentation of the specific formalism, a brief history of the formalism and of its applications in systems biology, a formal description of the formalism and its variants, at least one realistic case study, some applications of formal techniques to validate and conduct deep analysis of models encoded with the formalism, and a discussion on the kind of biological systems for which the formalism is suited, along with concrete ideas on its possible evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by a highly qualified expert with significant experience in the field, some of the methods and techniques covered in \u003ci\u003eSystems Biology Modelling and Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePetri nets, an important tool for studying different aspects of biological systems, ranging from simple signalling pathways to metabolic networks and beyond.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePathway Logic, a formal, rule-based system and interactive viewer for developing executable models of cellular processes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBoolean networks, a mathematical model which has been widely used for decades in the context of biological regulation networks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAnswer Set Programming (ASP), which has proven to be a strong logic programming paradigm to deal with the inherent complexity of biological models.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor systems biologists, biochemists, bioinformaticians, molecular biologists, pharmacologists, and computer scientists, \u003ci\u003eSystems Biology Modelling and Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive all-in-one resource to understand and harness the field’s current models and techniques while also preparing for their potential developments in coming years with the help of the author’s expert insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46854885802220,"sku":"9781119716532","price":409.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/d84d20df82ba9d726e14c77fc50be729.jpg?v=1759263700","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/systems-biology-modelling-and-analysis-9781119716532","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}