Background In the context of increasing global food demand, ecological intensification of
agroecosystems is required to increase nutrient use efficiency in plants while decreasing …

Human induced ecosystem alterations and climate change are expected to drive several
species to extinction. In this context, the attention of public opinion, and hence …

This paper presents a revisiting, with developments, of the so-called kinetic theory for active
particles, with the main focus on the modeling of nonlinearly additive interactions. The …

Natural processes usually are driven by mechanisms widely differing from each other by the
time or space scale at which they operate. Thus, they should be described by appropriate …

This paper deals with the modeling of social competition, possibly resulting in the onset of
extreme conflicts. More precisely, we discuss models describing the interplay between …

This paper proposes a systems approach to the theory of perception and learning in
populations composed of many living entities. Starting from a phenomenological description …

This paper deals with the modeling of the early stage of cancer phenomena, namely
mutations, onset, progression of cancer cells, and their competition with the immune system …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common and severe form of idiopathic
interstitial pneumonia. A recently proposed pathogenic model suggests that the concurrent …

Statistical mechanics is a powerful method for understanding equilibrium thermodynamics.
An equivalent theoretical framework for nonequilibrium systems has remained elusive. The …

This paper proposes a critical analysis of the existing literature on mathematical tools
developed toward systems biology approaches and, out of this overview, develops a new …