Advanced topics in biomathematics. Proceedings of the international conference on mathematical biology, Zhejiang Agricultural Univ., Hangzhou, China, May 26--29, 1997 (Q2706556)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Publisher's description: This book provides an excellent overview of current developments in a wide range of topics in biomathematics, such as population dynamics, neural networks, fishery markets, transmission of infectious diseases, genetic analysis, biostatistics and biomechanics. The contributors are leading researchers from Australia, Canada, the People's Republic of China, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Singapore and the USA.NEWLINENEWLINEIndexed articles:NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Baer, S. M.; Zaremba, K. R.}, Bursting oscillations in an idealized model for an activity-dependent spine, 1-8 [Zbl 0983.92005]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Bao, H. G.; Jiang, Y.; Shu, T. T.; Li, J. I.}, Information procession of medicine spreading course in epidural space, 9-13 [Zbl 0983.92012]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Di Crescenzo, A.; Giorno, V.; Nobile, A. G.; Ricciardi, L. M.}, On species diversity for a stochastic population model in the presence of competition, 21-28 [Zbl 0983.92027]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Dong, Linzhen; Yuan, Chunde; Chen, Lansun}, Persistence of a three-species predator-prey-chain autonomous system with diffusion, 29-33 [Zbl 0983.92028]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Dou, Jiawei; Chen, Lansun}, Persistence and global stability for a kind of nonautonomous competition system with time delay, 35-39 [Zbl 0983.92029]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Fergola, P.; Tenneriello, C.; Wang, Wendi}, Chemostat equations for a polluted environment with delayed nutrient recycling, 41-46 [Zbl 0983.92034]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Fu, Yan}, Methodological improvement in estimation of crossbreeding parameters, 47-52 [Zbl 0984.62093]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Gao, Shujing; Chen, Lansun}, Persistence and oscillations in the delay logistic equation with variable parameters, 53-58 [Zbl 0999.34065]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Gui, Zhanji; Jia, Jing}, Global asymptotic stability of \(n\)-dimensional Lotka-Volterra chain systems with periodic coefficients, 59-62 [Zbl 1002.34044]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{He, Xuezhong; Wu, Jianhong; Zou, Xingfu}, Dynamics of single species populations over a patchy environment, 63-77 [Zbl 0983.92030]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Hiebeler, David E.}, Spatially structured discrete population models, 79-83 [Zbl 0984.92034]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Jin, Zhen; Ma, Zhien}, Uniform persistence of \(n\)-dimensional Lotka-Volterra competition systems with finite delay, 91-95 [Zbl 0984.92037]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Lábos, E.}, Spike generating interval maps as neural units, 97-101 [Zbl 0984.92008]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Lee, C. S.; Goh, B. S.}, Long term optimal harvest strategies for a stock of fish in the presence of uncertain disturbances, 103-111 [Zbl 0989.91091]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Li, Hua; Chen, Lansun}, Equations of periodic orbits in nonautonomous biological systems, 113-117 [Zbl 0984.92001]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Li, Zhengqin}, The distribution of grazing animals on the patchy grassland resource, 119-123 [Zbl 0987.92032]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Liang, Zhaojun}, The existence of travelling wave solutions of several types in biomathematical models, 125-129 [Zbl 0986.35119]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Liu, Pingzhou; Gopalsamy, K.; Cui, Xiaoying}, On a population model which satisfies Allee's principle, 131-136 [Zbl 0984.92024]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Lu, Gangwen; Lu, Zhengyi}, Global stability for \(n\)-species Lotka-Volterra systems with delay. I: Irreducible cases, sufficiency, 149-153 [Zbl 0984.92025]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Lu, X.; Feng, W.}, Stability, permanence, and periodicity in a class of population models with time delays, 161-165 [Zbl 0984.92026]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Lu, Zhiqi; Hadeler, K. P.}, Global stability of competition models in the chemostat, 167-171 [Zbl 0984.92038]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Lu, Zhonghua; Chen, Lansun}, Threshold theory of a nonautonomous SIS-infectious diseases model with logistic species growth, 173-177 [Zbl 0985.92032]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Ma, Xiaoyun; Zhang, Weijiang}, Oscillation death in chains of oscillators with multiple coupling. Mathematical modeling of human body, 179-183 [Zbl 1001.92543]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Ma, Zhien; Jiang, Liqiang; Wang, Wendi}, Effects of toxicants on population survival, 185-194 [Zbl 0985.92039]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Magnússon, Kjartan G.}, Oscillations in a stage structured predator-prey system with cannibalism, 195-200 [Zbl 0985.92030]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Reed, William J.}, On an error in the received methodology for estimating historical forest fire frequencies, 213-218 [Zbl 0985.62098]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Ruan, Shigui; Wei, Junjie; Xiao, Dongmei}, Hopf bifurcation in a diffusive predator-prey model with group defence, 219-227 [Zbl 0986.92038]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Sato, S.; Nomura, T.; Pakdaman, K.; Maeda, Y.; Yamanobe, T.; Fukai, H.}, A mathematical aspect of neural coding, 229-238 [Zbl 0985.92019]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Sun, Jifang; Hou, Guibin}, Bifurcation of periodic solutions in Lotka-Volterra systems with finite delay, 239-245 [Zbl 1002.34068]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Takeuchi, Y.; Ma, W.; Beretta, E.}, Delay effect on threshold properties of SIR epidemic models, 247-252 [Zbl 0985.92034]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Wang, Wendi}, Global dynamics of a population model with stage structure for predator, 253-257 [Zbl 0986.92026]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Wei, Qijiao; Lu, Zhengyi; Chen, Lansun}, Non-permanence for Lotka-Volterra difference systems, 259-263 [Zbl 1001.39013]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Wu, Jixiang; Xu, Haiming; Zhu, Jun}, An approach of eliminating systematic errors in genetic analysis, 265-269 [Zbl 0985.62095]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Xiong, Zuoliang}, A nonautonomous diffusion predator-prey system with functional response, 271-275 [Zbl 0985.92037]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Xu, Rui; Yang, Pinghua}, Persistence and stability in a three species food-chain system with time delay, 277-283 [Zbl 0985.92038]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Yu, J.; Jiang, Y.; Wang, Q. M.; Bao, H. G.}, Analytic form and numerical analysis of human-board system equation, 291-296 [Zbl 1002.92509]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Zhang, Qingguo; Hu, Bingmin}, A matrix model for population dynamics within opening system with immigration and emigration of individuals, 303-307 [Zbl 0986.92027]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Zhang, Rongji}, A mathematical model for the comparison of genotypic values of the quantitative character of animals with different parents, 309-313 [Zbl 0985.62096]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Zhou, Yicang}, The continuous solutions and average net reproductive number of an age structured population model, 315-320 [Zbl 0986.92028]NEWLINENEWLINE\textit{Zhu, Jun; Weir, Bruce S.}, Mixed model approaches for genetic analysis of quantitative traits, 321-330 [Zbl 0985.62097]