Author : G. Dunn
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,96 MB
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486151360
Students of mathematical biology discover modern methods of taxonomy with this text, which introduces taxonomic characters, the measurement of similarity, and the analysis of principal components. Other topics include multidimensional scaling, cluster analysis, identification and assignment techniques, more. A familiarity with matrix algebra and elementary statistics are the sole prerequisites.
Author : N. R. Scott-Ram
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,53 MB
Release : 1990-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521340861
This is an examination of the relationship between classification and evolutionary theory, with reference to the competing schools of taxonomic thinking. Emphasis is placed on one of these schools, the transformed cladists who have attempted to reject all evolutionary thinking in classification and to cast doubt on evolution in general. The author examines the limits to this line of thought from a philosophical and methodological perspective. He concludes that transformed cladistics does not achieve what it claims and that it either implicitly assumes a Platonic World View, or is unintelligible without taking into account evolutionary processes--the very processes it claims to reject. Through this analysis the author attempts to formulate criteria of an objective and consistent nature that can be used to judge competing methodologies and theories. Philosophers of science, zoologists interested in taxonomy, and evolutionary biologists will find this a compelling study.
Author : F. C. Hoppensteadt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 27,92 MB
Release : 1997-06-28
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780521599290
This book describes the signal processing aspects of neural networks. It begins with a presentation of the necessary background material in electronic circuits, mathematical modeling and analysis, signal processing, and neurosciences, and then proceeds to applications. These applications include small networks of neurons, such as those used in control of warm-up and flight in moths and control of respiration during exercise in humans. Next, a theory of mnemonic surfaces is developed and studied and material on pattern formation and cellular automata is presented. Finally, large networks are studied, such as the thalamus-reticular complex circuit, believed to be involved in focusing attention, and the development of connections in the visual cortex. Additional material is also provided about nonlinear wave propagation in networks. This book will serve as an excellent text for advanced undergraduates and graduates in the physical sciences, mathematics, engineering, medicine and life sciences.
Author : Dean Corbae
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 12,24 MB
Release : 2009-02-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1400833086
Providing an introduction to mathematical analysis as it applies to economic theory and econometrics, this book bridges the gap that has separated the teaching of basic mathematics for economics and the increasingly advanced mathematics demanded in economics research today. Dean Corbae, Maxwell B. Stinchcombe, and Juraj Zeman equip students with the knowledge of real and functional analysis and measure theory they need to read and do research in economic and econometric theory. Unlike other mathematics textbooks for economics, An Introduction to Mathematical Analysis for Economic Theory and Econometrics takes a unified approach to understanding basic and advanced spaces through the application of the Metric Completion Theorem. This is the concept by which, for example, the real numbers complete the rational numbers and measure spaces complete fields of measurable sets. Another of the book's unique features is its concentration on the mathematical foundations of econometrics. To illustrate difficult concepts, the authors use simple examples drawn from economic theory and econometrics. Accessible and rigorous, the book is self-contained, providing proofs of theorems and assuming only an undergraduate background in calculus and linear algebra. Begins with mathematical analysis and economic examples accessible to advanced undergraduates in order to build intuition for more complex analysis used by graduate students and researchers Takes a unified approach to understanding basic and advanced spaces of numbers through application of the Metric Completion Theorem Focuses on examples from econometrics to explain topics in measure theory
Author : G. Dunn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 27,90 MB
Release : 1982-04-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780521283885
Taxonomy comprises a broad variety of activities related to the construction of classificatory systems. Over the past several years, the development of numerical and mathematical techniques designed to produce more objective results has transformed the field. This text offers students of mathematical biology an introduction to modern methods of taxonomy. Starting with an introduction to the philosophy and aims of numerical taxonomy, the text considers taxonomic characters and the measurement of similarity. An analysis of principal components presents geometric and mathematical interpretations; other chapters explore multidimensional scaling, cluster analysis, identification and assignment techniques, and the construction of evolutionary trees. Each of the eight major sections concludes with a helpful summary of its contents. In addition to its value to undergraduates, this text should also prove practical for postgraduate students and researchers interested in taxonomy and in the use of numerical methods in evolutionary studies. A familiarity with matrix algebra and elementary statistics are the sole prerequisites. Book jacket.
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Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 46,24 MB
Release : 2011-12-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 0123877539
Taxonomy of Prokaryotes, edited by two leading experts in the field, presents the most appropriate up-to-date experimental approaches in the detail required for modern microbiological research. Focusing on the methods most useful for the microbiologist interested in this specialty, this volume will be essential reading for all researchers working in microbiology, immunology, virology, mycology and parasitology. Methods in Microbiology is the most prestigious series devoted to techniques and methodology in the field. Established for over 30 years, Methods in Microbiology will continue to provide you with tried and tested, cutting-edge protocols to directly benefit your research.
Author : F. G. Priest
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 38,4 MB
Release : 1993-11-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780412461200
This second edition of Modern Bacterial Taxonomy has been completely revised and expanded to include detailed coverage of molecular systematics including relevant aspects of nucleic acid sequences, the construction of phylogenetic trees, typing of bacteria by restriction fragment length polymorphisms, DNA hybridization probes and the use of the polymerase chain reaction in bacterial systematics.
Author : Donald L.J. Quicke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 22,34 MB
Release : 2013-03-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401121346
Taxonomy is an ever-changing, controversial and exCitmg field of biology. It has not remained motionless since the days of its founding fathers in the last century, but, just as with other fields of endeavour, it continues to advance in leaps and bounds, both in procedure and in philosophy. These changes are not only of interest to other taxonomists, but have far reaching implications for much of the rest of biology, and they have the potential to reshape a great deal of current biological thought, because taxonomy underpins much of biological methodology. It is not only important that an ethologist. physiologist. biochemist or ecologist can obtain information about the identities of the species which they are investigating; biology is also uniquely dependent on the comparative method and on the need to generalize. Both of these necessitate knowledge of the evolutionary relationships between organisms. and it is the science of taxonomy that can develop testable phylogenetic hypotheses and ultimately provide the best estimates of evolutionary history and relationships.
Author : Jens C. Frisvad
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 30,72 MB
Release : 2020-10-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 1000110087
Offers comprehensive coverage of the latest developments in both biochemical and physiological approaches to fungal systematics. Incorporates recent advances in molecular biology into systematics methods that can revolutionize taxonomic schemes.
Author : Jerome K. Percus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 49,13 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780521585262
The massive research effort known as the Human Genome Project is an attempt to record the sequence of the three trillion nucleotides that make up the human genome and to identify individual genes within this sequence. While the basic effort is of course a biological one, the description and classification of sequences also lend themselves naturally to mathematical and statistical modeling. This short textbook on the mathematics of genome analysis presents a brief description of several ways in which mathematics and statistics are being used in genome analysis and sequencing. It will be of interest not only to students but also to professional mathematicians curious about the subject.
