Abstract
In this chapter we present a novel framework that enables a rigorous analysis of processes occurring on three (or more) independent scales (e.g. intracellular, cellular, tissue). We give details of the establishment of this new multiscale concept and discuss a number of important fundamental properties that follow. This framework also offers a new platform for the analysis of a new type of multiscale model for cancer invasion that we propose. This new model focuses on the macroscopic dynamics of the distributions of cancer cells and of the surrounding extracellularmatrix and its connection with themicroscale dynamics of the matrix degrading enzymes, produced at the level of the individual cancer cells.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Managing Complexity, Reducing Perplexity |
Subtitle of host publication | Modeling Biological Systems |
Editors | Marcello Delitala, Giulia Ajmone Marsan |
Place of Publication | Berlin |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
Pages | 45-53 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Volume | 67 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319037592 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319037585 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Event | 1st Kepler Prize Workshop of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) - “Managing Complexity, Reducing Perplexity”: a Workshop on Complex Living Systems - Heidelberg, Germany Duration: 16 May 2011 → 20 May 2011 http://www.eurasc.org/kepler2010/index.html |
Publication series
Name | Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics |
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Publisher | Springer |
Volume | 67 |
ISSN (Print) | 2194-1009 |
Workshop
Workshop | 1st Kepler Prize Workshop of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) - “Managing Complexity, Reducing Perplexity”: a Workshop on Complex Living Systems |
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Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Heidelberg |
Period | 16/05/11 → 20/05/11 |
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Keywords
- Cancer invasion
- Computational simulations
- Multiscale modelling
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Mathematics