Biomat 2008 : International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology, Campos do Jordäao, Brazil, 22-27 November 2008 / edited by Rubem P. Mondaini.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mathematical analysis of reaction-diffusion equations. Reaction-diffusion waves : classical theory and recent developments / V. Volpert. Linear and non-linear front selection for reaction-diffusion equations / A. Goriely, J. Rose -- Epidemiological modelling. Epidemiological models with demographic Allee effect / F.M. Hilker. Pulse infection, control fixing time between infection events / F. Cordova-Lepe, E. Gonzâales-Olivares. Network structure and epidemic waves in metapopulation models / V. Colliza [and others] -- Modelling of biosystems structure. Integral symmetry classes of icosahedral viral capsids / R. Kerner. Recognition of freshwater macroinvertebrate taxa by image analysis and artificial neural networks / S.R. Doyle [and others]. A study of hydrophobic effect on the protein folding using Monte Carlo / L.P.B. Scott -- Population dynamics. Evolution in a host-parasite system / N.F. Britton. A population dynamics approach to language evolution / J.F. Fontanari. Impact and effectiveness of marine protected area on economic sustainability / C. Jerry, N. Rassi. Long distance dispersal and Allee effect in a biological invasion / S.L. Vega, W.C. Ferreira. Modeling the risk of Falciparum malaria for travelers to holoendemic regions / E. Massad, M.N. Burattini, F.A.B. Coutinho -- Computational biology and bioinformatics. Neural network classiffication with prior knowledge for analysis of bio-logical data / P.M. Pardalos [and others]. The Markov chains (Markov set-chains) as a tool for bacterial genomes evolution analysis / P. Sliwka, M. Dudkiewicz. Multi-objectives approach applied to the phylogenetic inference problem / W. Cancino, A.C.B. Delbem. Logic formulas based knowledge discovery and its applications to the classiffication of biological data / P.M. Pardalos [and others]. Unsupervised classiffication of tree structured objects / A.G. Flesia. Genetic codes as codes : towards a theoretical basis for bioinformatics / J.R. Jungck -- Modelling physiological disorders and medical physics. Mathematical biology : some opportunities in integrative biology / R. Mejâia. An In silico approach for the antigenic mutation and immune memory / A. de Castro, A.R. Neto, D. Alves. Software developed from a fuzzy mathematical model to predict the pathological stage of the prostate cancer / G.P. Silveira, L.L. Vendite, L.C. Barros. Modeling and simulation of the human eye / L.P. Brazil [and others].

The present volume contains selected contributed papers from the BIOMAT 2008 Symposium and lectures delivered by keynote speakers during the plenary sessions. All chapters are centered on fundamental interdisciplinary areas of mathematical modeling of biosystems, like mathematical biology, biological physics, evolution biology and bioinformatics. It contains new results on the mathematical analysis of reaction-diffusion equations, demographic Allee effects and the dynamics of infection. Recent approaches to the modeling of biosystem structure, comprehensive reviews on icosahedral viral capsids and the classification of biological data via neural networks with prior knowledge, and a new perspective on a theoretical basis for bioinformatics are also discussed. This book contains original results on reaction-diffusion waves: the population dynamics of fishing resources and the effectiveness of marine protected areas; an approach to language evolution within a population dynamics framework; the analysis of bacterial genome evolution with Markov chains; the choice of defense strategies and the study of the arms-race phenomenon in a host-parasite system.

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