Publication

2002-05-10 - Springer

Language

English

Word Count

60,000 words, Guess

Page Count

240 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2001042966
  • LibraryThing4562895
  • Goodreads2148952

Classifications

  • LCCQH323.5 .K53 2002

Description

"This book provides a theoretical background of branching processes and discusses their biological applications. Branching processes are a well developed and powerful set of tools in the field of applied probability. The range of applications considered includes molecular biology, cellular biology, human evolution, and medicine. The branching processes discussed include Galton-Watson, Markov, Bellman-Harris, Multitype, and General Processes. As an aid to understanding specific examples, two introductory chapters and two glossaries are included that provide background material in mathematics and in biology." "The book will be of interest to scientists who work in quantitative modeling of biological systems, particularly probabilists, mathematical biologists, biostatisticians, cell biologists, molecular biologists, and bioinformaticians."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

The branching process is a system of particles (individuals, cells, molecules, etc.) which live for a random time and, at some point during lifetime or at the moment of death, produce a random number of progeny.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Branching Processes in BiologySpringer2002-05-10

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