Content:
Front-matter, Pages i,iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages xi-xiv
1 - Extreme Energy Dissipation, Pages 1-42
2 - Some General Optimal Control Problems Useful for Biokinetics, Pages 43-110
3 - Variational and the Optimal Control Models in Biokinetics, Pages 111-185
4 - Extreme Character of Evolution in Trophic Pyramid of Biological Systems and the Maximum Energy Dissipation/Least Action Principle, Pages 187-286
5 - Phenomenological Cost and Penalty Interpretation of the Lagrange Formalism in Physics, Pages 287-364
6 - Conceptual Aspects of the Common Extrema in Biology and Physics, Pages 365-375
Main Conclusions and Remaining Questions, Pages 377-379