The Ontology of Physics for Biology
eBook - ePub

The Ontology of Physics for Biology

Semantic Modeling of Multiscale, Multidomain Physiological Systems

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eBook - ePub

The Ontology of Physics for Biology

Semantic Modeling of Multiscale, Multidomain Physiological Systems

About this book

This book introduces semantic representations of multiscale, multidomain physiological systems that link to qualitative reasoning and to quantitative analysis of biophysical processes in health and disease. Two major public health problems, diabetes and hypertension, serve as use-cases to illustrate the depth and rigor of such representations for logical inference and quantitative analysis. Central to this approach is the Ontology of Physics for Biology (OPB) that formally represents the foundations of classical physics and engineering system dynamics that are the basis for our understanding of biomedical entities, processes, and functional relationships.

Furthermore, we introduce OPB-based software for annotating and abstracting available biosimulation models for reuse, recombination, and for archiving of physics-based biomedical knowledge. We have formalized and leveraged physics-based biological knowledge as a working view of physiology and biophysics from three distinct perspectives: (1) biologists and biomedical investigators, (2) biophysicists and bioengineers, and (3) biomedical ontologists and informaticists. We present a logical and intuitive semantics of classical physics as a tool for mediating and translating biophysical knowledge among biomedical domains.

Daniel L. Cook, MD, PhD

John H. Gennari, PhD

Maxwell L. Neal, PhD

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Rationale
  7. Preface – What We Are Talking About, and Why
  8. Glossary
  9. Chapter 1 ◾ Biomedical Challenges
  10. Chapter 2 ◾ Biomedical Information and Data Resources
  11. Chapter 3 ◾ Biomedical Ontologies
  12. Chapter 4 ◾ Biophysical Systems Analysis
  13. Chapter 5 ◾ System Dynamic Modeling
  14. Chapter 6 ◾ Ontology of Physics for Biology
  15. Chapter 7 ◾ OPB-Based Semantic Modeling
  16. Chapter 8 ◾ OPB Review and Possibilities
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index