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    Systems Engineering: Principles and Practice (Wiley Series on Software-based Systems)

  3. Trends in Real-time Systems
    Trends in Real-time Systems

  4. Planning Test and Evaluation of Complex Systems
    Planning Test and Evaluation of Complex Systems

  5. Computer-supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) (Trends in Software S.)
    Computer-supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) (Trends in Software S.)

  6. Information Systems Engineering: A Formal Approach
    Information Systems Engineering: A Formal Approach

  7. SAS Applications Programming: A Gentle Introduction
    SAS Applications Programming: A Gentle Introduction

  8. Analysis and Design of Digital Systems with VHDL
    Analysis and Design of Digital Systems with VHDL

  9. Developing Client/Server Applications with Visual Basic
    Developing Client/Server Applications with Visual Basic

  10. Alison Balter's Mastering Access 95 Development
    Alison Balter's Mastering Access 95 Development

  11. Exchange 2000 Messaging and Collaboration: Planning, Designing
    Exchange 2000 Messaging and Collaboration: Planning, Designing

  12. MySQL: Building User Interfaces
    MySQL: Building User Interfaces

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    Multiple Model Approaches To Modelling And Control

  14. Data Warehouse: From Architecture to Implementation
    Data Warehouse: From Architecture to Implementation

  15. Planning and Designing Effective Websites
    Planning and Designing Effective Websites

  16. Electronic Access Control
    Electronic Access Control

  17. Embedded Systems Design
    Embedded Systems Design

  18. Embedded Microprocessor Systems: Real World Design
    Embedded Microprocessor Systems: Real World Design

  19. Designer's Guide to Embedded Systems Development (Embedded Technology S.)
    Designer's Guide to Embedded Systems Development (Embedded Technology S.)

  20. Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World
    Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World

  21. Digital Democracy: Issues of Theory and Practice
    Digital Democracy: Issues of Theory and Practice

  22. Using Microsoft System Management Server Special Edition
    Using Microsoft System Management Server Special Edition

  23. Advanced Cold Fusion 4 Application Development
    Advanced Cold Fusion 4 Application Development

  24. Writing Testbenches: Functional Verification of HDL Models
    Writing Testbenches: Functional Verification of HDL Models

  25. Codesign for Real-Time Video Applications
    Codesign for Real-Time Video Applications

Systems Biology in Practice: Concepts, Implementation and Application
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • A nice book that covers a lot
  • I can not recommend this book!
Systems Biology in Practice: Concepts, Implementation and Application
Edda Klipp , Ralf Herwig , Axel Kowald , Christoph Wierling , and Hans Lehrach
Manufacturer: Wiley-VCH
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ASIN: 3527310789

Book Description

Presenting the main concepts, this book leads students as well as advanced researchers from different disciplines to an understanding of current ideas in the complex field of comprehensive experimental investigation of biological objects, analysis of data, development of models, simulation, and hypothesis generation.

It provides readers with guidance on how a specific complex biological question may be tackled:

The authors demonstrate how mathematical concepts can illuminate the principles underlying biology at a genetic, molecular, cellular and even organism level, and how to use mathematical tools for analysis and prediction.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A nice book that covers a lot.......2006-03-15

I'm studying biophysics and I recently bought the book "Systems Biology
in Practice". It is quite expensive, but I wanted to read up about Systems
Biology, since we currently discuss this in our Bioinformatics lectures.

The book consists of three major parts, the first contains three introductory
chapters about biology, mathematics and experimental techniques, the second
is the main part which contains 8 chapters that describe mathematical models
of many different biological processes like gene expression, biological
oscillations or signal transduction pathways. The last part has two chapters
that deal with databases and software tools that are available over the
internet.

I personally found the "Biology in a Nutshell" chapter very helpful, since
my biological knowledge had several gaps and the chapter is a very condensed
presentation of the most important biological facts. I think it is also
the main aim of the three chapters about biology, mathematics and
experimental techniques to provide people coming from different fields with
some basic information about those topics.

All in all the book covers a large variety of different topics and the models
and information is presented with helpful examples and figures, so that I
find it quite entertaining to read.

My only point of critique is that I'm still not sure what systems biology is,
since there seems to be no generally accepted definition. However, I found
the book very useful to understand mathematical modelling of biochemical
systems and I use it often as reference book.

1 out of 5 stars I can not recommend this book!.......2006-01-23

I thought a while before I started to write this review about how many points I should give. Does it realy deserve zero points? In my opinion, yes! (the rating system does not allow zero points)

I bought this very expensive book, written by five authors, and had so far no fun reading it nor does it provide valuable insights about currently the hot topic in biology. Let me just give some examples to make my point clear. First, not all chapters are written equal good/bad but differ. This implies that the five authors separated the chapters under each other. Chapter 4, "Experimental Techniques in a Nutshell" represents probably the negative highlight of the book. The author who has wirtten this chapter refuses persistenly to come to the point. I have to admit that it is almost impossible to explain mass spectromety, RNAi or DNA chips comprehensible if one has only one page for each of these topis. But is this not clear beforehand? This is a general problem of the book. It covers a huge list of differnt topics but the explanations of each topic is only shallow. Further examples for this: Baysian Networks, one page. Multiple linear regression, one page. Cell Cycle, one page. Ok, now we found a general law according to this the book was written. Compile a list of buzz words, order them in a meaningful way, and wirte one page to each of those terms. Finally, lets call it "Systems Biolog" and we are done. I don't think so, that's not it!

The only people this book could be useful for are undergraduate students who know nothing at all about this subject and want to get an overview about the topics collected under the phrase systems biology. But even for this reason one can not really recommend this book because it is far too expensive.

A final remark. It is clear, that books above the 100$ threshold deserve to be evaluated stronger because it hurts too buy them. If this book would cost 20$ I would give one point.
Data Quality: Concepts, Methodologies and Techniques (Data-Centric Systems and Applications)
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    Data Quality: Concepts, Methodologies and Techniques (Data-Centric Systems and Applications)
    Carlo Batini , and Monica Scannapieco
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    ASIN: 3540331727

    Book Description

    Poor data quality can seriously hinder or damage the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations and businesses. The growing awareness of such repercussions has led to major public initiatives like the "Data Quality Act" in the USA and the "European 2003/98" directive of the European Parliament.

    Batini and Scannapieco present a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the wide set of issues related to data quality. They start with a detailed description of different data quality dimensions, like accuracy, completeness, and consistency, and their importance in different types of data, like federated data, web data, or time-dependent data, and in different data categories classified according to frequency of change, like stable, long-term, and frequently changing data. The book's extensive description of techniques and methodologies from core data quality research as well as from related fields like data mining, probability theory, statistical data analysis, and machine learning gives an excellent overview of the current state of the art. The presentation is completed by a short description and critical comparison of tools and practical methodologies, which will help readers to resolve their own quality problems.

    This book is an ideal combination of the soundness of theoretical foundations and the applicability of practical approaches. It is ideally suited for everyone – researchers, students, or professionals – interested in a comprehensive overview of data quality issues. In addition, it will serve as the basis for an introductory course or for self-study on this topic.

    Systems, Concepts, Methodologies, and Applications
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      Systems, Concepts, Methodologies, and Applications
      Brian Wilson , and B. Wilson
      Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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      ASIN: 0471904430

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      Systems: Concepts, Methodologies and Applications Second Edition Brian Wilson Department of Systems and Information Management Lancaster University, UK The result of many years' experience, this book, now extensively revised and updated, emphasizes the application of systems concepts and methodologies that have been developed at Lancaster University. In particular the book is about problem solving and the relationship between theory and practice. Complementary to Systems Thinking, Systems Practice by Peter Checkland (Wiley, 1981), which has become a classic in the field, this book shows how systems ideas can be used to cope with real-life problems. Reviews of the first edition— … an excellent book which provides a synthesis of the action-research undertaken by the well-known Department of Systems, University of Lancaster … Wilson's lucid style of writing and the historical perspective of the Lancaster learning experience provide a strong contextural case for the concept of a human activity system to investigate `badly-defined' [Checkland's `soft'] systems. Chris Beaumont, Journal of the Operational Research Society, January 1985 … This volume, expertly compiled by Brian Wilson, is the latest and probably the clearest statement in book form of the philosophy of that department [Department of Systems, University of Lancaster] … a volume which deserves to be read … E. R. Carson, Kybernetes, 12, 1985 … Systems: Concepts, Methodologies and Applications is Wilson's account of his professional life at Lancaster since then (1966). His careful reflection on the work of so many years deserves attention. Trevor Williams, Futures, December 1985
      End-user Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications
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        End-user Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications

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        Knowledge Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications
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            Information and Classification: Concepts, Methods and Applications : Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the "Gesellschaft Fur Klassifikati (Lecture Notes in Mathematics)
            Otto Opitz , and Berthold Lausen
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            Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, and Applications
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              Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, and Applications
              Brian Wilson
              Manufacturer: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
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              ASIN: B000MUXTGU
              SYSTEMS : CONCEPTS, METHODOLOGIES, AND APPLICATIONS
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                SYSTEMS : CONCEPTS, METHODOLOGIES, AND APPLICATIONS
                B. WILSON
                Manufacturer: WILEY, JOHN & SONS INC.(TRADE
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                Binding: Hardcover
                ASIN: B000KUUNWK

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