Systems biology and control - A tutorial

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-12

  Iglesias, Pablo A ^a   Khammash, Mustafa ^b   Munsky, Brian ^b   Sontag, Eduardo D ^c   Del Vecchio, Domitilla ^d  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 62749175837     PISSN: 07431546     EISSN: 25762370     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2007.4435054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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