MODEL BASED UNDERSTANDING OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: APPROACHES AND TECHNIQUES

Abstract

Modeling can enable system-level understanding of biosystems. However, biological systems exhibit a number of  complex  properties  and  characteristics  which  are  not  amenable  to  standard  scientific  and  engineering approaches  towards  study,  understanding  and  manipulation  of  systems.  This  paper  presents  various approaches  and  techniques  which  can  be  used  in  modeling  biosystems.  Through  a  systematic  review  of literature it  was  found  that there  are  a  number of novel  approaches and techniques that can be utilized  in modeling biosystems.

Key words: biosystems, modeling approaches, modeling techniques