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CADLIVE optimizer: web-based parameter estimation for dynamic models

Kentaro Inoue, Kazuhiro Maeda, Yuki Kato, Shinpei Tonami, Shogo Takagi and Hiroyuki Kurata*

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Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Fukuoka, 820-8502, Japan

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Source Code for Biology and Medicine 2012, 7:9 doi:10.1186/1751-0473-7-9

Published: 28 August 2012

Abstract

Computer simulation has been an important technique to capture the dynamics of biochemical networks. In most networks, however, few kinetic parameters have been measured in vivo because of experimental complexity. We develop a kinetic parameter estimation system, named the CADLIVE Optimizer, which comprises genetic algorithms-based solvers with a graphical user interface. This optimizer is integrated into the CADLIVE Dynamic Simulator to attain efficient simulation for dynamic models.

Keywords:
Simulator; Optimization; Genetic algorithm; Dynamic model