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CoNtRol: an open source framework for the analysis of chemical reaction networks
Pete Donnell1, Murad Banaji1, Anca Marginean1
1Department of Mathematics, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3HF, UK, Computer Science Department, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400027 Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Department of Mathematics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6310, USA.
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We introduce CoNtRol, a web-based framework for analysis of chemical reaction networks (CRNs). It is designed to be both extensible and simple to use, complementing existing CRN-related tools. CoNtRol currently implements a number of necessary and/or sufficient structural tests for multiple equilibria, stable periodic orbits, convergence to equilibria and persistence, with the potential for incorporation of further tests.
Availability And Implementation:
Reference implementation: reaction-networks.net/control/. Source code and binaries, released under the GPLv3: reaction-networks.net/control/download/. Documentation: reaction-networks.net/wiki/CoNtRol.
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