Giles F. Filley Lecture. Complex Systems
- 1 August 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Thoracic Society in Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society
- Vol. 3 (6) , 467-471
- https://doi.org/10.1513/pats.200603-028ms
Abstract
Physiologic systems in health and disease display an extraordinary range of temporal behaviors and structural patterns that defy understanding based on linear constructs, reductionist strategies, and classical homeostasis. Application of concepts and computational tools derived from the contemporary study of complex systems, including nonlinear dynamics, fractals and “chaos theory,” is having an increasing impact on biology and medicine. This presentation provides a brief overview of an emerging area of biomedical research, including recent applications to cardiopulmonary medicine and chronic obstructive lung disease.Keywords
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