Optimal homeostasis necessitates bistable control
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Optimal homeostasis necessitates bistable control.
Bistability is a fundamental phenomenon in nature. In biology, a number of fine properties of bistability have been identified. However, these properties are only consequences of bistability at the physiological level, which do not explain why it had to emerge during evolution. Using optimal homeostasis as the first principle, I find that bistability emerges as an indispensable control mechanis...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of The Royal Society Interface
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1742-5689,1742-5662
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0244