FORMALISMS FOR LIVING SYSTEMS. PART I.

Abstract

Various formalisms for expressing the structure and behavior of biological systems are proposed and discussed. The formalisms include tiling or 'domino' systems, the von Neumann cellular automaton system, and several systems based on the monogenic normal systems Tag and Lag. There is some discussion of desirable characteristics of models for biological theory. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0687382

Entities

People

  • Richard A. Laing

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automata
  • Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Machines
  • Systems Biology

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.