Scaling, growth and cyclicity in biology: A new computational approach

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Delsanto, Pier Paolo ^a   Gliozzi, Antonio S ^a   Guiot, Caterina ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; GROWTH CURVE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHENOMENOLOGICAL UNIVERSALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 42049084805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-5-5     Document Type: Article

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