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BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS
Volume 105, Issue 1, Pages 71-88Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-011-0446-6
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Mathematical modeling; Differential equations; Prediction and analysis of complex biological systems
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- Biocentre of the University of Cologne
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DA1182/1-1, Bu857/8,10]
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This article presents the use of continuous dynamic models in the form of differential equations to describe and predict temporal changes in biological processes and discusses several of its important advantages over discontinuous bistable ones, exemplified on the stick insect walking system. In this system, coordinated locomotion is produced by concerted joint dynamics and interactions on different dynamical scales, which is therefore difficult to understand. Modeling using differential equations possesses, in general, the potential for the inclusion of biological detail, the suitability for simulation, and most importantly, parameter manipulation to make predictions about the system behavior. We will show in this review article how, in case of the stick insect walking system, continuous dynamical system models can help to understand coordinated locomotion.
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