part I Elementary Topics -- chapter 1 Introduction to Biological Modeling -- chapter 2 Difference Equations (Discrete Dynamical Systems) -- chapter 3 First-Order Differential Equations (Continuous Dynamical / Systems) -- chapter 4 Nonlinear Differential Equations -- part II More Advanced Topics -- chapter 5 Systems of Differential Equations -- chapter 6 Topics in Modeling Systems of Populations -- chapter 7 Systems with Sustained Oscillations and Singularities -- chapter III Appendices.
Dynamical Systems for Biological Modeling: An Introduction prepares both biology and mathematics students with the understanding and techniques necessary to undertake basic modeling of biological systems. It achieves this through the development and analysis of dynamical systems..