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The role of control and system theory in systems biology
Wellstead, Peter; Bullinger, Eric; Kalarnatianos, Dimitrios et al.
2008In Annual Reviews in Control, 32 (1), p. 33-47
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Abstract :
[en] The use of new technology and mathematics to study the systems of nature is one of the most significant scientific trends of the century. Driven by the need for more precise scientific understanding, advances in automated measurement are providing rich new sources of biological and physiological data. These data provide information to create mathematical models of increasing sophistication and realism-models that can emulate biological and physiological systems with sufficient accuracy to advance our understanding of living systems and disease mechanisms. New measurement and modelling methods set the stage for control and systems theory to play their role in seeking out the mechanisms and principles that regulate life. It is of inestimable importance for the future of control as a discipline that this role is performed in the correct manner. If we handle the area wisely then living systems will present a seemingly boundless range of important new problems-just as physical and engineering systems have done in previous centuries. But there is a crucial difficulty. Faced with a bewildering array of choices in an unfamiliar area, how does a researcher select a worthwhile and fruitful problem? This article is an attempt to help by offering a control-oriented guide to the labyrinthine world of biology/physiology and its control research opportunities. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Disciplines :
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Wellstead, Peter
Bullinger, Eric ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Méthodes computationnelles pour la biologie systémique
Kalarnatianos, Dimitrios
Mason, Oliver
Verwoerd, Mark
Language :
English
Title :
The role of control and system theory in systems biology
Publication date :
2008
Journal title :
Annual Reviews in Control
ISSN :
1367-5788
Publisher :
Elsevier Science
Volume :
32
Issue :
1
Pages :
33-47
Peer reviewed :
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