Software tools that facilitate kinetic modelling with large data sets: An example using growth modelling in sugarcane

IEE Proceedings: Systems Biology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 385-389

  Uys, L ^a   Hofmeyr, J H S ^a   Snoep, J L ^a   Rohwer, J M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

A8710; Biology computing; Botany; C6115; C7330; Embedded Python interpreter; Gnumeric spreadsheet program; Growth modelling; Kinetic modelling; Large data sets; Modelling software PySCeS; Physiological models; Scripting language Python; Software tools; Spreadsheet programs; Sucrose accumulation; Sucrose metabolism; Sugarcane; Sugarcane internode maturity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SPREADSHEETS;

BIOLOGY COMPUTING; KINETIC MODELLING; SPREADSHEET PROGRAMS; SUCROSE ACCUMULATION; SUCROSE METABOLISM; SUGARCANE INTERNODE MATURITY;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET; GROWTH CURVE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION STORAGE; INTERNODE ELONGATION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PREDICTION; PROCESS MODEL; SIMULATION; SUCROSE METABOLISM; SUGARCANE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PROTEINS; SACCHARUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33747161085     PISSN: 17412471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-syb:20060050     Document Type: Article

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