Self Organization In Biological Systems

Author : Scott Camazine,Jean-Louis Deneubourg,Nigel R. Franks,James Sneyd,Guy Theraula,Eric Bonabeau
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691212920

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Self-Organization in Biological Systems by Scott Camazine,Jean-Louis Deneubourg,Nigel R. Franks,James Sneyd,Guy Theraula,Eric Bonabeau Pdf

The synchronized flashing of fireflies at night. The spiraling patterns of an aggregating slime mold. The anastomosing network of army-ant trails. The coordinated movements of a school of fish. Researchers are finding in such patterns--phenomena that have fascinated naturalists for centuries--a fertile new approach to understanding biological systems: the study of self-organization. This book, a primer on self-organization in biological systems for students and other enthusiasts, introduces readers to the basic concepts and tools for studying self-organization and then examines numerous examples of self-organization in the natural world. Self-organization refers to diverse pattern formation processes in the physical and biological world, from sand grains assembling into rippled dunes to cells combining to create highly structured tissues to individual insects working to create sophisticated societies. What these diverse systems hold in common is the proximate means by which they acquire order and structure. In self-organizing systems, pattern at the global level emerges solely from interactions among lower-level components. Remarkably, even very complex structures result from the iteration of surprisingly simple behaviors performed by individuals relying on only local information. This striking conclusion suggests important lines of inquiry: To what degree is environmental rather than individual complexity responsible for group complexity? To what extent have widely differing organisms adopted similar, convergent strategies of pattern formation? How, specifically, has natural selection determined the rules governing interactions within biological systems? Broad in scope, thorough yet accessible, this book is a self-contained introduction to self-organization and complexity in biology--a field of study at the forefront of life sciences research.

Author : Scott Camazine
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 0691116245

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Self-organization in Biological Systems by Scott Camazine Pdf

Biological structures built through mechanisms involving self-organization are examined in this text. Examples of such structures are termite mounds, which provide their inhabitants with a secure & stable environment. The text looks at why & how self-organization occurs in nature.

Author : Jan Walleczek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139427593

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Self-Organized Biological Dynamics and Nonlinear Control by Jan Walleczek Pdf

The growing impact of nonlinear science on biology and medicine is fundamentally changing our view of living organisms and disease processes. This book introduces the application to biomedicine of a broad range of interdisciplinary concepts from nonlinear dynamics, such as self-organization, complexity, coherence, stochastic resonance, fractals and chaos. It comprises 18 chapters written by leading figures in the field and covers experimental and theoretical research, as well as the emerging technological possibilities such as nonlinear control techniques for treating pathological biodynamics, including heart arrhythmias and epilepsy. This book will attract the interest of professionals and students from a wide range of disciplines, including physicists, chemists, biologists, sensory physiologists and medical researchers such as cardiologists, neurologists and biomedical engineers.

Author : Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521483719

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Self-Organized Criticality by Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen Pdf

A clear and concise introduction to this new, cross-disciplinary field.

Author : Tara Karimi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319918242

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Molecular Mechanisms of Autonomy in Biological Systems by Tara Karimi Pdf

This book presents a novel molecular description for understanding the regulatory mechanisms behind the autonomy and self-organization in biological systems. Chapters focus on defining and explaining the regulatory molecular mechanisms behind different aspects of autonomy and self-organization in the sense of autonomous coding, data processing, structure (mass) formation and energy production in a biological system. Subsequent chapters discuss the cross-talk among mechanisms of energy, and mass and information, transformation in biological systems. Other chapters focus on applications regarding therapeutic approaches in regenerative medicine. Molecular Mechanisms of Autonomy in Biological Systems is an indispensable resource for scientists and researchers in regenerative medicine, stem cell biology, molecular biology, tissue engineering, developmental biology, biochemistry, biophysics, bioinformatics, as well as big data sciences, complexity and soft computing.

Author : Stuart A. Kauffman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1993-06-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0199826676

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The Origins of Order by Stuart A. Kauffman Pdf

Stuart Kauffman here presents a brilliant new paradigm for evolutionary biology, one that extends the basic concepts of Darwinian evolution to accommodate recent findings and perspectives from the fields of biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics. The book drives to the heart of the exciting debate on the origins of life and maintenance of order in complex biological systems. It focuses on the concept of self-organization: the spontaneous emergence of order that is widely observed throughout nature Kauffman argues that self-organization plays an important role in the Darwinian process of natural selection. Yet until now no systematic effort has been made to incorporate the concept of self-organization into evolutionary theory. The construction requirements which permit complex systems to adapt are poorly understood, as is the extent to which selection itself can yield systems able to adapt more successfully. This book explores these themes. It shows how complex systems, contrary to expectations, can spontaneously exhibit stunning degrees of order, and how this order, in turn, is essential for understanding the emergence and development of life on Earth. Topics include the new biotechnology of applied molecular evolution, with its important implications for developing new drugs and vaccines; the balance between order and chaos observed in many naturally occurring systems; new insights concerning the predictive power of statistical mechanics in biology; and other major issues. Indeed, the approaches investigated here may prove to be the new center around which biological science itself will evolve. The work is written for all those interested in the cutting edge of research in the life sciences.

Author : Satoshi Murata,Haruhisa Kurokawa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9784431540540

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Self-Organizing Robots by Satoshi Murata,Haruhisa Kurokawa Pdf

It is man’s ongoing hope that a machine could somehow adapt to its environment by reorganizing itself. This is what the notion of self-organizing robots is based on. The theme of this book is to examine the feasibility of creating such robots within the limitations of current mechanical engineering. The topics comprise the following aspects of such a pursuit: the philosophy of design of self-organizing mechanical systems; self-organization in biological systems; the history of self-organizing mechanical systems; a case study of a self-assembling/self-repairing system as an autonomous distributed system; a self-organizing robot that can create its own shape and robotic motion; implementation and instrumentation of self-organizing robots; and the future of self-organizing robots. All topics are illustrated with many up-to-date examples, including those from the authors’ own work. The book does not require advanced knowledge of mathematics to be understood, and will be of great benefit to students in the robotics discipline, including in the areas of mechanics, control, electronics, and computer science. It is also an important source for researchers who wish to investigate the field of robotics or who have an interest in the application of self-organizing phenomena.

Author : Hermann Haken
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540330233

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Information and Self-Organization by Hermann Haken Pdf

The widespread interest this book has found among professors, scientists and stu dents working in a variety of fields has made a new edition necessary. I have used this opportunity to add three new chapters on recent developments. One of the most fascinating fields of modern science is cognitive science which has become a meet ing place of many disciplines ranging from mathematics over physics and computer science to psychology. Here, one of the important links between these fields is the concept of information which, however, appears in various disguises, be it as Shan non information or as semantic information (or as something still different). So far, meaning seemed to be exorcised from Shannon information, whereas meaning plays a central role in semantic (or as it is sometimes called "pragmatic") information. In the new chapter 13 it will be shown, however, that there is an important interplay between Shannon and semantic information and that, in particular, the latter plays a decisive role in the fixation of Shannon information and, in cognitive processes, al lows a drastic reduction of that information. A second, equally fascinating and rapidly developing field for mathematicians, computer scientists and physicists is quantum information and quantum computa tion. The inclusion of these topics is a must for any modern treatise dealing with in formation. It becomes more and more evident that the abstract concept of informa tion is inseparably tied up with its realizations in the physical world.

Author : Eckehard Schöll,Sabine H. L. Klapp,Philipp Hövel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319280288

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Control of Self-Organizing Nonlinear Systems by Eckehard Schöll,Sabine H. L. Klapp,Philipp Hövel Pdf

The book summarizes the state-of-the-art of research on control of self-organizing nonlinear systems with contributions from leading international experts in the field. The first focus concerns recent methodological developments including control of networks and of noisy and time-delayed systems. As a second focus, the book features emerging concepts of application including control of quantum systems, soft condensed matter, and biological systems. Special topics reflecting the active research in the field are the analysis and control of chimera states in classical networks and in quantum systems, the mathematical treatment of multiscale systems, the control of colloidal and quantum transport, the control of epidemics and of neural network dynamics.

Author : Donald Lawson Turcotte,John Rundle,Hans Frauenfelder
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309082853

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Self-organized Complexity in the Physical, Biological, and Social Sciences by Donald Lawson Turcotte,John Rundle,Hans Frauenfelder Pdf

Author : Narendra S. Goel,Richard L. Thompson
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Biological models
ISBN : CORNELL:31924050306210

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Computer Simulations of Self-organization in Biological Systems by Narendra S. Goel,Richard L. Thompson Pdf

Author : Alvaro Moreno,Matteo Mossio
Publisher : Springer
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401798372

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Biological Autonomy by Alvaro Moreno,Matteo Mossio Pdf

Since Darwin, Biology has been framed on the idea of evolution by natural selection, which has profoundly influenced the scientific and philosophical comprehension of biological phenomena and of our place in Nature. This book argues that contemporary biology should progress towards and revolve around an even more fundamental idea, that of autonomy. Biological autonomy describes living organisms as organised systems, which are able to self-produce and self-maintain as integrated entities, to establish their own goals and norms, and to promote the conditions of their existence through their interactions with the environment. Topics covered in this book include organisation and biological emergence, organisms, agency, levels of autonomy, cognition, and a look at the historical dimension of autonomy. The current development of scientific investigations on autonomous organisation calls for a theoretical and philosophical analysis. This can contribute to the elaboration of an original understanding of life - including human life - on Earth, opening new perspectives and enabling fecund interactions with other existing theories and approaches. This book takes up the challenge.

Author : Carlo Bianca,Concetta Bianca,N. Bellomo
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789814340533

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Towards a Mathematical Theory of Complex Biological Systems by Carlo Bianca,Concetta Bianca,N. Bellomo Pdf

This monograph has the ambitious aim of developing a mathematical theory of complex biological systems with special attention to the phenomena of ageing, degeneration and repair of biological tissues under individual self-repair actions that may have good potential in medical therapy. The approach to mathematically modeling biological systems needs to tackle the additional difficulties generated by the peculiarities of living matter. These include the lack of invariance principles, abilities to express strategies for individual fitness, heterogeneous behaviors, competition up to proliferative and/or destructive actions, mutations, learning ability, evolution and many others. Applied mathematicians in the field of living systems, especially biological systems, will appreciate the special class of integro-differential equations offered here for modeling at the molecular, celular and tissue scales. A unique perspective is also presented with a number of case studies in biological modeling.

Author : Rashmi C. Desai,Raymond Kapral
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139478847

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Dynamics of Self-Organized and Self-Assembled Structures by Rashmi C. Desai,Raymond Kapral Pdf

Physical and biological systems driven out of equilibrium may spontaneously evolve to form spatial structures. In some systems molecular constituents may self-assemble to produce complex ordered structures. This book describes how such pattern formation processes occur and how they can be modeled. Experimental observations are used to introduce the diverse systems and phenomena leading to pattern formation. The physical origins of various spatial structures are discussed, and models for their formation are constructed. In contrast to many treatments, pattern-forming processes in nonequilibrium systems are treated in a coherent fashion. The book shows how near-equilibrium and far-from-equilibrium modeling concepts are often combined to describe physical systems. This inter-disciplinary book can form the basis of graduate courses in pattern formation and self-assembly. It is a useful reference for graduate students and researchers in a number of disciplines, including condensed matter science, nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, chemical biophysics, materials science, and engineering.

Author : Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521483719

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Self-Organized Criticality by Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen Pdf

A clear and concise introduction to this new, cross-disciplinary field.