Linkens, D. A. (ed.) [Rapp, P. E.; Nightingale, J. M.; Sedgewick, E. M.; Byford, G. H.; Power, H. M.; Cramp, D. G.; Carson, E. R.; Linkens, D. A.; Nada, M. D.] Biological systems, modelling and control. (English) Zbl 0435.92001 IEE Control Engineering Series, Vol. 11. Stevenage, U.K.; New York: Peter Peregrinus Ltd. on behalf of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. XII, 348 p. $ 40.50; £18.00 (1979). Page: −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 ±0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 Show Scanned Page Cited in 1 Document MSC: 92-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to biology 92B05 General biology and biomathematics 92C50 Medical applications (general) 92Cxx Physiological, cellular and medical topics 91E99 Mathematical psychology 91E30 Psychophysics and psychophysiology; perception 93-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to systems and control theory Keywords:biological systems; Corti organ; heart activities; circadian rhythms; homeostasis; metabolic regulation; Goodwin equations; transepithelial potential oscillations; stability; Hopf bifurcation; limit cycles; concentration of serotonin; control of movement; skeletal muscles; vestibular systems; stereopsis, visual tracking; oculomotor system; neon- bulb relaxation oscillators; cardiac arrhythmias; mechanical model of pressure-volume relationships; regulation of blood glucose concentration; simulation studies; modelling of gastro-intestinal electrical rhythms; networks of van der Pol; Hodgkin Huxley oscillators; lung parameters identification; transpulmonary pressure; biological rhythms; catastrophe theory; psychological modelling PDFBibTeX XML