Mathematical Approaches to Problems in Resource Management and Epidemiology

I. Cell Population Dynamics.- Computer Models of Individual Living Cells in Cell Populations.- Synchronization of Bacterial Culture Growth.- II. Resource Management.- Biological Resource Modeling-A Brief Survey.- Mathematical Modeling in Plant Biology: Implications of Physiological Approaches for Resource Management.- Economics, Mathematical Models and Environmental Policy.- Stochastic Nonlinear Optimal Control of Populations: Computational Difficulties and Possible Solutions.- Optimal Evolution of Tree-Age Distribution for a Tree Farm.- III. Infectious Diseases.- Mathematical Models of Infectious Diseases in Multiple Populations.- Epidemic Models in Populations of Varying Size.- Stability and Thresholds in Some Age-Structured Epidemics.- Multiple Time Scales in the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases.- A Distributed-Delay Model for the Local Population Dynamics of a Parasitoid-Host System.- IV. Acquired Immunodefiency Syndrome (AIDS).- A Model for HIV Transmission and AIDS.- The Role of Long Periods of Infectiousness in the Dynamics of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).- The Effect of Social Mixing Patterns on the Spread of AIDS.- Possible Demographic Consequences of HIV/AIDS Epidemics: II, Assuming HIV Infection Does Not Necessarily Lead to AIDS.- V. Fitting Models to Data.- Fitting Mathematical Models to Biological Data: A Review of Recent Developments.- Inverse Problems for Distributed Systems: Statistical Tests and Anova.- Small Models are Beautiful: Efficient Estimators are Even More Beautiful.- VI. Dynamic Properties of Population Models.- Inferring the Causes of Population Fluctuations.- Stochastic Growth Models: Recent Results and Open Problems.- Use Differential Geometry with the Secret Ingredient: Gradients!.- Obstacles to Modelling Large DynamicalSystems.