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test_simulation pseudocode

procedure Initialize(n0)
▹ Number of leukocytes.
     DBConnStr ← (user, dbname, host, port, password)
▹ Initialize database.
     DBMaker ← DBMaker::Instance(DBConnStr)

     Environment ← DBMaker.CreateEnvironment("testenv")

     Source1 ← DBMaker.CreateCell("source")
▹ Creating and adding point sources to Environment.
     Source1.SetPosition(x1, y1, z1)

     Environment.AddProp(Source1)

     Source2 ← DBMaker.CreateCell("source")

     Source2.SetPosition(x2, y2, z2)

     Environment.AddProp(Source2)

     Source3 ← DBMaker.CreateCell("source")

     Source3.SetPosition(x3, y3, z3)

     Environment.AddProp(Source3)

     TNF ← DBMaker.CreateSolfac("tnf")
▹ Creating and adding soluble factors to environment.
     Environment.AddSolfac(TNF)

     STNFR ← DBMaker.CreateSolfac("stnfr")

     Environment.AddSolfac(TNF)

     MCP1 ← DBMaker.CreateSolfac("mcp1")

     Environment.AddSolfac(TNF)

     Vasculature ← DBMaker.CreateVasculature("testvessel")

     Environment.AddVasculature(Vasculature)

     for i ← 1, n0 do
▹ Creating and adding leukocytes to environment.
          Cell ← DBMaker.CreateCell("macrophage")

          Cell.SetPosition(Random(Environment.Bounds))

          Environment.AddCell(Cell)

     end for

end procedure

procedure Main(dt, numsteps)

     Initialize(n0)

     Simulation ← new Simulation(Environment)

     for i ← 1, numsteps do

          Simulation.Step(dt)

          Log(i, Simulation)
▹ Log of simulation results.
     end for

end procedure


Mitha et al. Source Code for Biology and Medicine 2008 3:6   doi:10.1186/1751-0473-3-6