Index

A

ABM. see Agent-based model (ABM)
Action potentials
electrical and chemical processes, 180–181
firing patterns, 181, 183, 205, 209
incoming signals, 181
membrane potential, 181
seminal model, 183
Acyclic digraphs, 190
Agent-based model (ABM)
basic movement function, 171
biological systems, 145
differential equations, 144
downhill movement, 173
game of life, 145
heuristic approach, 163–164
optimal control, 152
optimization problems, 152
polynomial dynamical systems (PDSs), 167–168, 171
uphill movement, 173
Agent-based model, cholera, 119
description, 120
environmental contamination, 120–122
model experiment, 119–120
NetLogo platform for, 123
probability of infection, 122–123
unknown parameters, 122
Agent-based model, computation history, ...

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