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What is Fortran

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Handbook of Research on Systems Biology Applications in Medicine
The name of a programming language derived from FORmula TRANSlation. Fortran was developed in the 1950s and was especially used for numerical programming. The programming language directly supports numerical operations and because of this, optimized compiler calculations can be performed. Up to now, various numerical programming libraries are available and used in mathematical, physical and chemical science.
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Deterministic Modeling in Medicine
Elisabeth Maschke-Dutz (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-076-9.ch004
Abstract
In this chapter basic mathematical methods for the deterministic kinetic modeling of biochemical systems are described. Mathematical analysis methods, the respective algorithms, and appropriate tools and resources, as well as established standards for data exchange, model representations and definitions are presented. The methods comprise time-course simulations, steady state search, parameter scanning, and metabolic control analysis among others. An application is demonstrated using a test case model that describes parts of the extrinsic apoptosis pathway and a small example network demonstrates an implementation of metabolic control analysis.
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