Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Multiple model simulation : modelling cell division and differentiation in the prostate. / Droop, Alastair; Garnett, Philip; Polack, Fiona A. C.; Stepney, Susan.
2011.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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TY - CONF
T1 - Multiple model simulation
T2 - modelling cell division and differentiation in the prostate
AU - Droop, Alastair
AU - Garnett, Philip
AU - Polack, Fiona A. C.
AU - Stepney, Susan
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - We describe an approach to building a hybrid multi-scale model, using a Petri net model for the top layer, and object-oriented models at the lower layers, with a rigorous definition of how the layers compose. We apply this approach to building a model of prostate cell division and differentiation, with each model layer describing the processes at a suitable level of abstraction. This provides a systematic modular approach to modelling and to model validation, allowing use of diverse modelling techniques in developing multi-scale models with no loss of rigour or validity. We use this prostate model to develop a prototype simulation, and demonstrate that it is capable of simulating biologically-relevant numbers of cells.
AB - We describe an approach to building a hybrid multi-scale model, using a Petri net model for the top layer, and object-oriented models at the lower layers, with a rigorous definition of how the layers compose. We apply this approach to building a model of prostate cell division and differentiation, with each model layer describing the processes at a suitable level of abstraction. This provides a systematic modular approach to modelling and to model validation, allowing use of diverse modelling techniques in developing multi-scale models with no loss of rigour or validity. We use this prostate model to develop a prototype simulation, and demonstrate that it is capable of simulating biologically-relevant numbers of cells.
M3 - Paper
ER -