Editorial

Authors: Diaraf Seck Moussa Balde Alassane Bah

Publish Date: 2014/08/01

Volume: 62, Issue: 3, Pages: 241-242

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Abstract

This special issue of Acta Biotheoretica is a selection of papers presented at the 4th international conference of the Francophone Society of Theoretical Biology SFBT which was held from 0305 June 2013 in Dakar Senegal This outstanding international scientific meeting was organized by the Francophone Society of Theoretical Biology the International Joint Unit on Mathematics and Computer Modeling of Complex Systems UMMISCO the Research Institute for Development IRD and Dakar Cheikh Anta Diop University UCAD The conference was also sponsored by the African Institute of Mathematical Science of Senegal AIMSSenegal and the Developing Countries committee COPED of the Sciences Academy of the Institute of FranceThe main theme of the conference focused on the Dynamics of populations epidemiology and renewable resources A hundred papers were presented over 3 days in four thematic sessions a general session a session on systems modeling of fisheries a session on modeling of epidemiological systems and a special session on mathematics and computer sciencesAfter a rigorous selection by internationally wellknowen referees and following a reviewing by the editorial committee ten articles were selected for this special issue The topics covered by these manuscripts focus essentially on fisheries and epidemiology

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