Complex systems science in biomedicine thomas s. Deisboeck and j. Yasha kresh complex systems science in biomedicine covers the emerging field of systems science involving the application of physics mathematics engineering and computational methods and techniques to the study of biomedicine including nonlinear dynamics at the molecular cellular multi-cellular tissue and organismic level. With all chapters helmed by leading scientists in the field complex systems science in biomedicine s goal is to offer its audience a timely compendium of the ongoing research directed to the understanding of biological processes as whole systems instead of as isolated component parts. In parts i & ii complex systems science in biomedicine provides a general systems thinking perspective and presents some of the fundamental theoretical underpinnings of this rapidly emerging field. Part iii then follows with a multi-scaled approach spanning from the molecular to macroscopic level exemplified by studying such diverse areas as molecular networks and developmental processes the immune and nervous systems the heart cancer and multi-organ failure. The volume concludes with part iv that addresses methods and techniques driven in design and development by this new understanding of biomedical science. Key topics include:
Historic perspectives of general systems thinking
Fundamental methods and techniques for studying complex dynamical systems
Applications from molecular networks to disease proces...
