TY - BOOK ID - 38298411 TI - Dynamics of complex interconnected systems : networks and bioprocesses AU - Skjeltorp, A. AU - Belushkin, A. V. AU - NATO Advanced Study Institute on Dynamics of Complex Inteconnected Biosensor Systems: Networks and Bioprocesses PY - 2006 VL - v. 232 SN - 9781402050305 1402050283 9781402050282 1402050291 9786611043858 1281043850 1402050305 PB - Dordrecht : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - informatica KW - Social sciences (general) KW - Fluid mechanics KW - General biophysics KW - sociale wetenschappen KW - biofysica KW - materie (fysica) KW - Computer science KW - vloeistoffen KW - biologische materialen KW - Biosensors KW - Biochemical engineering KW - Biocapteurs KW - Génie biochimique KW - Congresses. KW - Congresses KW - Congrès KW - EPUB-LIV-FT LIVPHYSI SPRINGER-B KW - Biomaterials. KW - Social sciences. KW - Statistical physics. KW - Complex Systems. KW - Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics. KW - Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics. KW - Social Sciences, general. KW - Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems. KW - Physics KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Behavioral sciences KW - Human sciences KW - Sciences, Social KW - Social science KW - Social studies KW - Civilization KW - Biocompatible materials KW - Biomaterials KW - Medical materials KW - Medicine KW - Biomedical engineering KW - Materials KW - Biocompatibility KW - Prosthesis KW - Statistical methods KW - Dynamical systems. KW - Amorphous substances. KW - Complex fluids. KW - Biophysics. KW - Biological physics. KW - Bioartificial materials KW - Hemocompatible materials KW - Complex liquids KW - Fluids, Complex KW - Amorphous substances KW - Liquids KW - Soft condensed matter KW - Dynamical systems KW - Kinetics KW - Mathematics KW - Mechanics, Analytic KW - Force and energy KW - Mechanics KW - Statics KW - Biological physics KW - Biology KW - Medical sciences KW - Biomaterials (Biomedical materials) KW - Complex interconnected biosensor systems KW - Bioprocesses KW - Networks KW - NATO UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:38298411 AB - This volume comprises the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) held at Geilo, Norway, 11-21 April 2005, the eighteenth ASI in a series held every two years since 1971. The objective of this ASI was to identify and discuss areas where synergism between modern physics and biology may be most fruitfully applied to the study of bioprocesses for molecular recognition, and of networks for converting molecular reactions into usable signals and appropriate responses. Many fields of research are confronted with networks. Genetic and metabolic networks describe how proteins, substrates and genes interact in a cell; social networks quantify the interactions between people in the society; the Internet is a complex web of computers; ecological systems are best described as a web of species. In many cases, the interacting networks manifest so-called emergent properties that are not possessed by any of the individual components. This means that the detailed knowledge of the components is insufficient to describe the whole system. Recent work has indicated that networks in nature have so-called scale-free characteristics, and the associated dynamic network modelling shows unexpected results such as an amazing robustness against accidental failures, a property that is rooted in their inhomogeneous topology. Understanding these phenomena and turning them to use in chemical and biological threat detection and response will require exploring a wide range of network structures as well. ER -