Modelling goals and tasks in biology.pptVIP

Tehnisko un biolo?isko sistēmu paaud?u mēroga dzīves ciklu salīdzinājums Dr.sc.ing. Egils Stalidzans Biosistēmu grupa Informācijas Tehnolo?iju fakultāte Latvijas Lauksaimniecības Universitāte * www.biosystems.lv State of the art (current achievements) in the modelling of technical and biological systems (1) Technical systems: - full quantitative dynamic cause-effect models from elements up to a functioning system are possible Conclusion: rational strategies of repairs, improvements and forecasts of their side effects are exceptions. Biological systems: - quite good information on the level of organs and modules, - some information about elements (on molecular level), - some information about some cause-effect relationships between elements in some cases Conclusion: rational (sometimes optimal) strategies of repairs, improvements and forecasts of their side effects are possible. * What are the reasons for different status of modelling achievements in technical and biological systems? They are very different (elements, authors and many other things). Do they have something in common? Cybernetics was defined by Norbert Wiener, in his book (1948) of that title, as the study of control and communication in the animal and the machine. It includes the study of feedback, black boxes and derived concepts such as communication and control in living organisms, machines and organisations including self-organisation. Its focus is how anything (digital, mechanical or biological) processes information, reacts to information, and changes or can be changed to better accomplish the first two tasks. Source: Wikipedia * Why and how biological and technical systems evolve and disappear? Can we compare their life cycles? YES, they have some things in common! Both biological and technical systems have evolutionary pressure in multigeneration lifecycle. Their survival is assured by different technologies! * Mozga et. al. (2007) Life cycles and competition in modelling of artificial an