- From: c.lloyd at auckland.ac.nz (Catherine Lloyd)
- Subject: [cellml-discussion] little b - shared models built from reusable parts
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:12:44 +1200
Hi James
You beat me to it! I intended to send the attached article out
yesterday but I got distracted.
Anyway, the paper is now attached for people to read if they are interested.
Best wishes
Catherine
James Lawson wrote:
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Hi all,
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Has anyone encountered this before?
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http://www.littleb.org/
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The little b project is an effort to provide an open source
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<http://www.opensource.org/> language which allows scientists to build
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mathematical models <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_model>
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of complex systems. The initial focus is systems biology
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_biology>. The goal is to
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stimulate widespread sharing and reuse of models.
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The little b language is designed to allow biologists to build models
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quickly and easily from shared parts, and to allow theorists to
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program new ways of describing complex systems. Currently, libraries
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have been developed for building ODE
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_equation> models of
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molecular networks in multi-compartment systems such as cellular
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epithelia.
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Little b is based in Common Lisp and contains mechanisms for
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rule-based reasoning, symbolic mathematics and object-oriented
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definitions. The syntax is designed to be terse and human-readable to
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facilitate communication. The environment is both interactive and
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compilable.
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Kind regards,
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James
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