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Introduction: Optimization Hypothesis in the Control of Breathing

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Control of Breathing and Its Modeling Perspective

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The idea that living organisms may be optimally adapted to their environments owes its roots to Darwinian theory. It is clear that, inasmuch as all life processes are sustained by some form of energy, those organisms that can efficiently procure and exploit the needed energy are likely to enjoy a better chance of survival in a competitive environment. This notion has recently received considerable attention in the study of evolutionary adaptation.1 Although not a universal criterion, the optimality condition may be manifest at many different levels of organization in a variety of ways. For example, optimality of biological functions has been variously implicated in the design of biochemical pathways,2 regulation of plant metabolism,3 control of animal gaits,4 and control of ventricular ejection.5

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Poon, CS. (1992). Introduction: Optimization Hypothesis in the Control of Breathing. In: Honda, Y., Miyamoto, Y., Konno, K., Widdicombe, J.G. (eds) Control of Breathing and Its Modeling Perspective. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9847-0_66

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