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ArticleCommunications biology2021

QSPcc reduces bottlenecks in computational model simulations.

Danilo Tomasoni, Alessio Paris, Stefano Giampiccolo, Federico Reali, Giulia Simoni, Luca Marchetti, Chanchala Kaddi, Susana Neves-Zaph, Corrado Priami, Karim Azer and 1 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Danilo TomasoniFondazione the Microsoft Research, University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology, Rovereto, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8427-4230
Alessio ParisFondazione the Microsoft Research, University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology, Rovereto, Italy.
Stefano GiampiccoloFondazione the Microsoft Research, University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology, Rovereto, Italy.
Federico RealiFondazione the Microsoft Research, University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology, Rovereto, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7891-5695
Giulia SimoniFondazione the Microsoft Research, University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology, Rovereto, Italy.
Luca MarchettiFondazione the Microsoft Research, University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology, Rovereto, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9043-7705
Chanchala KaddiData and Data Science - Translational Disease Modeling, Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, USA.
Susana Neves-ZaphData and Data Science - Translational Disease Modeling, Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, USA.
Corrado PriamiFondazione the Microsoft Research, University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology, Rovereto, Italy.
Karim AzerData and Data Science - Translational Disease Modeling, Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, USA.
Rosario LombardoFondazione the Microsoft Research, University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology, Rovereto, Italy. lombardo@cosbi.eu.ORCID 0000-0003-4517-3004

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Abstract

Mathematical models have grown in size and complexity becoming often computationally intractable. In sensitivity analysis and optimization phases, critical for tuning, validation and qualification, these models may be run thousands of times. Scientific programming languages popular for prototyping, such as MATLAB and R, can be a bottleneck in terms of performance. Here we show a compiler-based approach, designed to be universal at handling engineering and life sciences modeling styles, that automatically translates models into fast C code. At first QSPcc is demonstrated to be crucial in enabling the research on otherwise intractable Quantitative Systems Pharmacology models, such as in rare Lysosomal Storage Disorders. To demonstrate the full value in seamlessly accelerating, or enabling, the R&D efforts in natural sciences, we then benchmark QSPcc against 8 solutions on 24 real-world projects from different scientific fields. With speed-ups of 22000x peak, and 1605x arithmetic mean, our results show consistent superior performances.

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Computer SimulationModels, BiologicalProgramming LanguagesComputational BiologyHumans

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PMID34471226
PMCPMC8410852

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