B.Tech Thesis (Physiological and Pathological Rhythms: Role of Feedback in Stability and Periodicity) (original) (raw)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I express my heartfelt thanks to my mentor Dr. Gaurav Raina. He has been instrumental in making me realize the importance, challenges, and, joy behind good academic writing. Apart from academics, through my research work, he has inspired into me valuable life lessons, such as paying attention to detail and effective communication. i ABSTRACT We study a class of physiological systems which are modeled by nonlinear delay differential equations. In particular, we focus on the Mackey-Glass and Lasota equations which have been proposed to model the erythrocyte concentration in blood. These equations are prototypical of several other physiological systems and hence are interesting in a broader context.
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