When the optimal is not the best: Parameter estimation in complex biological models

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Fernández Slezak, Diego ^a   Suárez, Cecilia ^a   Cecchi, Guillermo A ^b   Marshall, Guillermo ^a   Stolovitzky, Gustavo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78149457680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013283     Document Type: Article

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