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Some resonances between Eastern thought and Integral Biomathics in the framework of the WLIMES formalism for modelling living systems
Forty-two years ago, Capra published āThe Tao of Physicsā (Capra, 1975). In this book (page 17) he writes: āThe exploration of the atomic and subatomic world in the twentieth century has ā¦. necessitated a radical revision of many of our basic conceptsā and that, unlike āclassicalā physics, the sub-atomic and quantum āmodern physicsā shows resonances with Eastern thoughts and āleads us to a view of the world which is very similar to the views held by mystics of all ages and traditions.ā This article stresses an analogous situation in biology with respect to a new theoretical approach for studying living systems, Integral Biomathics (IB), which also exhibits some resonances with Eastern thought. Stepping on earlier research in cybernetics1 and theoretical biology,2 IB has been developed since 2011 by over 100 scientists from a number of disciplines who have been exploring a substantial set of theoretical frameworks. From that effort, the need for a robust core model utilizing advanced mathematics and computation adequate for understanding the behavior of organisms as dynamic wholes was identified. At this end, the authors of this article have proposed WLIMES (Ehresmann and Simeonov, 2012), a formal theory for modeling living systems integrating both the Memory Evolutive Systems (Ehresmann and Vanbremeersch, 2007) and the Wandering Logic Intelligence (Simeonov, 2002b). Its principles will be recalled here with respect to their
resonances to Eastern thought
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An introduction to Biomodel engineering, illustrated for signal transduction pathways
BioModel Engineering is the science of designing, constructing
and analyzing computational models of biological systems. It is inspired
by concepts from software engineering and computing science.
This paper illustrates a major theme in BioModel Engineering, namely
that identifying a quantitative model of a dynamic system means building
the structure, finding an initial state, and parameter fitting. In our
approach, the structure is obtained by piecewise construction of models
from modular parts, the initial state is obtained by analysis of the structure
and parameter fitting comprises determining the rate parameters of
the kinetic equations. We illustrate this with an example in the area of
intracellular signalling pathways
Information Nano-Technologies: Transition from Classical to Quantum
In this presentation are discussed some problems, relevant with application
of information technologies in nano-scale systems and devices. Some methods
already developed in quantum information technologies may be very useful here.
Here are considered two illustrative models: representation of data by quantum
bits and transfer of signals in quantum wires.Comment: LaTeX (article class), 10 pages, 3 figures (from 6 eps files
INCF Workshops on Needs for Training in Neuroinformatics: Extended and Short Course Provision
The second and third _INCF Workshops on Training in Neuroinformatics_ were organized by the INCF National Node of the UK. In these workshops, the issues arising in providing extended courses, such as a full time Masters, or short courses, of a few days or a few weeks, were discussed. There was a focus on how the INCF could facilitate training in these types of courses. In this report, the recommendations from all three Training workshops are brought together
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