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ArticleComputer methods and programs in biomedicine2018

BioSimulator.jl: Stochastic simulation in Julia.

Alfonso Landeros, Timothy Stutz, Kevin L Keys, Alexander Alekseyenko, Janet S Sinsheimer, Kenneth Lange, Mary E Sehl

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Article in Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Alfonso LanderosDepartment of Biomathematics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA. Electronic address: alanderos@ucla.edu.
Timothy StutzDepartment of Biomathematics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA. Electronic address: stutztim@ucla.edu.
Kevin L KeysDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: kevin.keys@ucsf.edu.
Alexander AlekseyenkoDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, USA. Electronic address: alekseye@musc.edu.
Janet S SinsheimerDepartment of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA. Electronic address: JanetS@mednet.ucla.edu.
Kenneth LangeDepartment of Biomathematics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA. Electronic address: klange@ucla.edu.
Mary E SehlDepartment of Biomathematics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA. Electronic address: msehl@mednet.ucla.edu.

Funding

STATISTICAL METHODS FOR GENE MAPPINGR01GM053275 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LANGE, KENNETH L · 1995 to 2019
$9.3M
Training Grant in Genomic Analysis and InterpretationT32HG002536 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Valerie A Arboleda, Harold Pimentel · 2002 to 2026
$8.6M
Genomics, GPUs, and Next Generation Computational StatisticsR01HG006139 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SOBEL, ERIC · 2011 to 2023
$5.1M
UCLA Clinical and Translational Science InstituteKL2TR000122 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI DUBINETT, STEVEN M. · 2012 to 2015
$4.5M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR000122NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG006139NHGRI NIH HHS T32 HG002536NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM053275
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesBiological systems with intertwined feedback loops pose a challenge to mathematical modeling efforts. Moreover, rare events, such as mutation and extinction, complicate system dynamics. Stochastic simulation algorithms are useful in generating time-evolution trajectories for these systems because they can adequately capture the influence of random fluctuations and quantify rare events. We present a simple and flexible package, BioSimulator.jl, for implementing the Gillespie algorithm, τ-leaping, and related stochastic simulation algorithms. The objective of this work is to provide scientists across domains with fast, user-friendly simulation tools.

methodsWe used the high-performance programming language Julia because of its emphasis on scientific computing. Our software package implements a suite of stochastic simulation algorithms based on Markov chain theory. We provide the ability to (a) diagram Petri Nets describing interactions, (b) plot average trajectories and attached standard deviations of each participating species over time, and (c) generate frequency distributions of each species at a specified time.

resultsBioSimulator.jl's interface allows users to build models programmatically within Julia. A model is then passed to the simulate routine to generate simulation data. The built-in tools allow one to visualize results and compute summary statistics. Our examples highlight the broad applicability of our software to systems of varying complexity from ecology, systems biology, chemistry, and genetics.

conclusionThe user-friendly nature of BioSimulator.jl encourages the use of stochastic simulation, minimizes tedious programming efforts, and reduces errors during model specification.

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Computer SimulationSoftwareStochastic ProcessesSystems BiologyAlgorithmsKineticsMarkov ChainsModels, BiologicalPoisson DistributionProbabilityProgramming LanguagesGillespie algorithmJulia languageStochastic simulationSystems biologyτ-leaping

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PMID30501857
PMCPMC6388686

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