Epistemology of computational biology: Mathematical models and experimental prediction as the basis of their validity

Journal of Biological Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-90

  Dougherty, Edward R ^a,b   Braga Neto, Ulisses ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Classification; Clustering; Computational Biology; Epistemology; Error Estimation; Philosophy of Science; Regulatory Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344464798     PISSN: 02183390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218339006001726     Document Type: Article

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