Assessing physiological complexity

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3221-3232

  Burggren, W W ^a   Monticino, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Complexity; Experimental design; Information theory; Modeling; Physiology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; COOPERATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION THEORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 25844516431     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01762     Document Type: Review

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