Stochastic Chemical Kinetics: Theory and (mostly) Systems Biological Applications

Stochastic kinetics: why and how?.- Chemical kinetics: a prototype of nonlinear science.- Applicability of the deterministic model.- Fluctuation phenomena.- Stochastic chemical kinetics.- Continuous time discrete state stochastic models.- Model frameworks.- Stochastic processes.- The standard stochastic model of homogeneous reaction kinetics.- Solutions of the master equation.- Stationary and transient distributions.- Simulation methods.- Deterministic continuation.- Continuous state approximations.- Non-Markovian approaches.- Applications.- Introductory remarks.- Fluctuations near instabilities.- Compartmental systems.- Autocatalysis.- Enzyme kinetics.- Signal processing.- Gene expression.- Chiral symmetry.- Parameter estimation in stochastic kinetic models.- Stochastic resonance in chemical systems.- Computation with small stochastic kinetic systems.- The Book in Retrospect and Prospect.- Index.