Piraña and PCluster: A modeling environment and cluster infrastructure for NONMEM

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-79

  Keizer, Ron J ^a   van Benten, Michel ^a   Beijnen, Jos H ^a,c   Schellens, Jan H M ^b,c   Huitema, Alwin D R ^a  

^a SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cluster; Distributed computing; Graphical user interface; NONMEM

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER; CLUSTER-SUPPORT; COMMAND LINE; COMPUTER CLUSTERS; DATA SETS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING; LINUX CLUSTERS; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODELING ENVIRONMENTS; MODELING RESULTS; NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS; NONLINEAR MIXED EFFECTS; NONMEM; OPEN-SOURCE; SECURE SHELL; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NETWORK SECURITY;

CLUSTER COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; WORKFLOW; WORKLOAD;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHARMACOKINETICS; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 78650594838     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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