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ArticlePloS one2015

GDSCalc: A Web-Based Application for Evaluating Discrete Graph Dynamical Systems.

Sherif H Elmeligy Abdelhamid, Chris J Kuhlman, Madhav V Marathe, Henning S Mortveit, S S Ravi

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Sherif H Elmeligy AbdelhamidComputer Science Department, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America.
Chris J KuhlmanVirginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America.
Madhav V MaratheVirginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America.
Henning S MortveitVirginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America.
S S RaviComputer Science Department, University at Albany-SUNY, Albany, New York, United States of America.

Funding

Synthetic Information Systems for Better Informing Public Health PolicymakersU01GM070694 · NIGMS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI EUBANK, STEPHEN G, MARATHE, MADHAV VISHNU · 2004 to 2016
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NIGMS NIH HHS 5U01GM070694-11NIGMS NIH HHS U01 GM070694
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Discrete dynamical systems are used to model various realistic systems in network science, from social unrest in human populations to regulation in biological networks. A common approach is to model the agents of a system as vertices of a graph, and the pairwise interactions between agents as edges. Agents are in one of a finite set of states at each discrete time step and are assigned functions that describe how their states change based on neighborhood relations. Full characterization of state transitions of one system can give insights into fundamental behaviors of other dynamical systems. In this paper, we describe a discrete graph dynamical systems (GDSs) application called GDSCalc for computing and characterizing system dynamics. It is an open access system that is used through a web interface. We provide an overview of GDS theory. This theory is the basis of the web application; i.e., an understanding of GDS provides an understanding of the software features, while abstracting away implementation details. We present a set of illustrative examples to demonstrate its use in education and research. Finally, we compare GDSCalc with other discrete dynamical system software tools. Our perspective is that no single software tool will perform all computations that may be required by all users; tools typically have particular features that are more suitable for some tasks. We situate GDSCalc within this space of software tools.

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