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1 Stochastic Kinetics: Why and How? |
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1.1 Chemical Kinetics: A Prototype of Nonlinear Science |
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1.1.1 The Power Law and Mass Action Type Deterministic Model of Homogeneous Reaction Kinetics |
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1.1.2 Stationary States and Their Stability |
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1.2 Applicability of the Deterministic Model |
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1.3 Fluctuation Phenomena |
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1.3.1.2 Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem |
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1.3.1.3 Towards the Theory of Stochastic Processes |
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1.3.1.4 Experimental Determination of the Avogadro Constant |
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1.4 Stochastic Chemical Kinetics |
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1.4.1 Model Framework: Preliminary Remarks |
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1.4.3 On the Solutions of the Stochastic Kinetic Models: Analytical Calculations Versus Simulations |
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1.4.4 The Renaissance of Stochastic Kinetics: Systems Biology |
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2 Continuous Time Discrete State Stochastic Models |
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2.2.2 Time and State Space |
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2.2.3 Important Types of Stochastic Processes |
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2.2.5 Continuous Time Discrete State Markov Process |
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2.2.6 Semi-Markov Processes |
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2.3 The Standard Stochastic Model of Homogeneous Reaction Kinetics |
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2.3.1 State Space: Size and Enumeration |
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2.3.3 Connection Between Deterministic and Stochastic Kinetics: Similarities and Differences |
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2.4 Solutions of the Master Equation |
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2.4.1 What Do We Mean by Exact Analytical Solutions? |
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2.4.2 Direct Matrix Operations |
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2.4.3 Time-Independent g-Functions |
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2.4.4 Laplace Transformation |
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2.4.5 Generating Functions |
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2.4.6 Poisson Representation |
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2.4.7 Mathematical Induction |
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2.4.8 Initial Conditions Given with a Probability Distribution |
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2.5 Stationary and Transient Distributions |
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2.5.1 Stationary Distributions |
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2.5.2 Transient Distributions |
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2.5.3 Properties of Stationary and Transient Distributions: Unimodality Versus Multimodality |
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2.7 Deterministic Continuation |
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2.8 Continuous State Approximations |
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2.9 Non-Markovian Approaches |
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3.2 Fluctuations Near Instabilities |
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3.2.1 Stochastic Chemical Reaction: A Simple Example |
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3.2.2 Stochastic Theory of Bistable Reactions |
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3.2.2.1 Schlogl Reaction of the First-Order Phase Transition |
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3.2.2.2 Time Spent in Each Steady State, and Time Scale of Transitions |
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3.2.2.3 The lac Operon Genetic Network |
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3.3 Compartmental Systems |
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3.3.2 Master Equation and State Space |
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3.10.2 Stochastic Resonance in One- and Multi-parameter System |
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3.10.3 Stochastic Resonance of Aperiodic Signals |
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3.11 Computation with Small Stochastic Kinetic Systems |
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4 The Book in Retrospect and Prospect |
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Index |
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