Both Gepasi and JARNAC are based on MCA,? why those tools simulated with
differential equations are not so outstanding? is it the main reason that not
all reaction kinetic equations are available or no universal one exist?
Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> Bart van Rotterdam wrote:
>> >I would suggest the program SCAMP or its follow up JARNAC developped by
> >Herbert Sauro. Gepasi (not Gepsi) by Pedro Mendes is an option as well. You
> >should be able to find them using a search engine.
> >
> I agree with this suggestion, but would add a comment that which you prefer
> out of Gepasi and Jarnac (and which is more appropriate for your needs) is
> likely to depend on how deeply you intend to get into modelling. At a
> workshop in Stellenbosch a year ago the students were taught how to use
> both of these, but then had the choice of which one they would actually use
> in their practical exercises. As an observer at these exercises I was
> struck by the fact that although they were divided more or less 50:50 in
> their preferences these were far from being random or haphazard. Almost
> systematically, the students who had no previous experience of modelling
> and were not planning to do much of it preferred Gepasi, whereas those who
> did have some experience or were planning to make it a major focus of their
> activities preferred Scamp or Jarnac. None of this is intended to imply
> that one is better than the the other, but only that they seem to appeal to
> different sorts of user.
>> athel
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