A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE HUMAN EXTERNAL RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Abstract

This study examines the thesis that a part of the human physiological system can be simulated by a suitably constructed mathematical model. The model employed derives from a class of mathematical programming methods that were originally developed for representing complex military and industrial activities and have recently been used to represent involved chemical equilibria. The motivation for this research is the longrange view that a successful mathematical simulation of the human system or of human subsystems would provide an important tool for biological investigations. A sufficiently complex mathematical model - that is, a model that embodies sufficient chemical and biological detail to represent a whole, functioning human system or subsystem - could be used to explore biological hypotheses, environmental stress reactions, and interplay of dependent sybsystems, and could serve as a pedagogical tool or even as an aid to medical diagnosis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 28, 1959
Accession Number
AD0616372

Entities

People

  • Crawford F. Sams
  • George Bernard Dantzig
  • Irwin Cooper
  • James C. Dehaven
  • Selmer M. Johnson

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Analog Computers
  • Blood
  • Blood Cells
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Cells
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Programming
  • Digital Computers
  • Equations
  • Free Energy
  • Lung
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Medical Personnel
  • Respiratory System

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Software Engineering
  • Theoretical Analysis.