Digital Simulation Analysis of Biophysical Systems

In the study of biophysical systems, the need for simulation often arises because a system may be better defined by assuming that the simulation model characterizes certain properties of the real system. Techniques of digital simulation and dynamic analogies, which offer much greater possibilities for quantitative analysis and synthesis of complex biological and physical systems, have become important and versatile tools. The advent and development of problem-oriented computer languages have made the simulation analysis a convenient and powerful method of problem solving and design in the diversified fields of biological engineering. Practical guides to the idealization, simplification, formulation, and analysis of biophysical systems, as well as application of computer-simulation models and routines, are discussed.