10.18453/rosdok_id00001239 Maus, Carsten Carsten Maus http://d-nb.info/gnd/1043649727 Universität Rostock 2013 004 Data processing Computer sciences 570 Life science 2013 de http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00001239 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2013-0152-5 Promoted by advanced experimental techniques for obtaining high-quality data and the steadily accumulating knowledge about the complexity of life, modeling biological systems at multiple interrelated levels of organization attracts more and more attention recently. Current approaches for modeling multilevel systems typically lack an accessible formal modeling language or have major limitations with respect to expressiveness. The aim of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive discussion on associated problems and needs and to propose a concrete solution addressing them.