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Mathematical modeling is a powerful and exciting tool for the quantitative analysis of complex systems. In nutrition and other biological sciences, the systems studied are extremely complex with many processes difficult to observe directly. The rigors of mathematics provide a framework to indirectly study processes which cannot be observed directly. In this way, mathematical modeling offers scientists a window with which to view aspects of systems which would otherwise be inaccessible.
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Novotny, J.A., Caballero, B. (1998). Compartmental Modeling of Human Lactation. In: Clifford, A.J., Müller, HG. (eds) Mathematical Modeling in Experimental Nutrition. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 445. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1959-5_2
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