Towards philosophical foundations of Systems Biology: Introduction

Systems Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3-19

  Boogerd, Fred C ^a   Bruggeman, Frank J ^a   Hofmeyr, Jan Hendrik S ^b   Westerhoff, Hans V ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452085-2/50003-6     Document Type: Chapter

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