Why model?

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 JAN, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wolkenhauer, Olaf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cell biology; Mathematical modeling; Systems biology; Systems medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893498674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00021     Document Type: Short Survey

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