This paper introduces a new dynamical model, called the oscillabolastic model, to analyze the dynamical behavior of biomedical data when one observes oscillatory behavior. The proposed oscillabolastic model is sufficiently flexible to represent various types of oscillatory behavior. The oscillabolastic model is applied to two sets of data. The first data set deals with the oscillabolastic modeling of Ehrlich ascites tumor cells and the second one is the oscillabolastic modeling of the mean signal intensity of Hes1 gene expression in response to serum stimulation. A generalized oscillabolastic model is also suggested to accommodate cases in which predictor variables other than time are also involved.
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