Transient behavior of biological models as a tool of qualitative validation - Application to the droop model and to a N-P-Z model

Journal of Biological Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-314

  Bernard, Olivier ^a   Gouzé, Jean Luc ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

Biological modelling; Droop model; Model validation; N P Z model; Qualitative behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008399744     PISSN: 02183390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218339096000223     Document Type: Article

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