A celebrated and controversial hypothesis suggests that some biological systems—parts,
aspects, or groups of them—may extract important functional benefits from operating at the …

Boolean network models are one of the simplest models to study complex dynamic behavior
in biological systems. They can be applied to unravel the mechanisms regulating the …

Engineers routinely design systems to be modular and symmetric in order to increase
robustness to perturbations and to facilitate alterations at a later date. Biological structures …

A key aim of postgenomic biomedical research is to systematically catalogue all molecules
and their interactions within a living cell. There is a clear need to understand how these …

The availability of large data sets has allowed researchers to uncover complex properties
such as large-scale fluctuations and heterogeneities in many networks, leading to the …

The CRC Handbook of Finite Fields (hereafter referred to as the Handbook) is a reference
book for the theory and applications of finite fields. It is not intended to be an introductory …

Praise for the first edition:… superb, beautifully written and organized work that takes an
engineering approach to systems biology. Alon provides nicely written appendices to …

Mathematical modeling of biological processes provides deep insights into complex cellular
systems. While quantitative and continuous models such as differential equations have been …

A cell's behavior is a consequence of the complex interactions between its numerous
constituents, such as DNA, RNA, proteins and small molecules. Cells use signaling …

Gene regulatory networks (GRNs) provide system level explanations of developmental and
physiological functions in the terms of the genomic regulatory code. Depending on their …