StochPy: A comprehensive, user-friendly tool for simulating stochastic biological processes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Maarleveld, Timo R ^a,b,c   Olivier, Brett G ^a   Bruggeman, Frank J ^a,d  

^a AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULES   (Netherlands)

^b CWI   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84894181658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079345     Document Type: Article

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