Complex Networks: Results of the 1st International Workshop on Complex Networks (Complenet 2009)

By: Springer

Book Overview

Though the reductionist approachto biology and medicine has led to several imp- tant advances, further progresses with respect to the remaining challenges require integration of representation, characterization and modeling of the studied systems along a wide range of spatial and time scales. Such an approach, intrinsically - lated to systems biology, is poised to ultimately turning biology into a more precise and synthetic discipline, paving the way to extensive preventive and regenerative medicine 1], drug discovery 20] and treatment optimization 24]. A particularly appealing and effective approach to addressing the complexity of interactions inherent to the biological systems is provided by the new area of c- plex networks 34, 30, 8, 13, 12]. Basically, it is an extension of graph theory 10], focusing on the modeling, representation, characterization, analysis and simulation ofcomplexsystemsbyconsideringmanyelementsandtheirinterconnections.C- plex networks concepts and methods have been used to study disease 17], tr- scription networks 5, 6, 4], protein-protein networks 22, 36, 16, 39], metabolic networks 23] and anatomy 40].

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642269311
• ISBN13: 9783642269318
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"