Category Archives: Software

Computing the steady state using Tellurium

Posted on October 29, 2016 by hsauro

If you’re building a model and you want to quickly find the model’s steady state, you can call the command steadyState. Let’s illustrate this with an example:

Running this script by clicking in the green arrow in the tool … Continue reading →

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Bifurcation Analysis with Tellurium

Posted on October 28, 2016 by hsauro

I thought I’d try and write a series of HowTos on Tellurium, our python based tool for the construction, simulation and analysis of biochemical models. Details on this tool can be found here. One the unique features of Tellurium is … Continue reading →

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Bode Plots using Python

Posted on February 7, 2015 by hsauro

I needed a quick way to plot some Bode plots for a second order system. I didn’t have access to Matlab, instead I searched for a solution using Python, and I found one. Documentation is a bit sparse  so this … Continue reading →

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Programming Language Popularity

Posted on January 13, 2015 by hsauro

As programmers we sometimes like to play the game of what is the most popular programming language? There are various metrics online that try to measure this, most notably TIOBE, PYPL and Trendy Skills. They are all flawed in someway and often … Continue reading →

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My First Mac OS Application

Posted on October 21, 2014 by hsauro

I finished my first Mac OS application. Two screenshots are shown below, I’ll be making it available download at the end of the week. This was a test application to see how easy it would be use write a portable … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Finally a better console

Posted on September 30, 2014 by hsauro

The windows console (accessed via cmd) is the coelacanth of software, barely unchanged though millions of years of software evolution. But finally selection pressure has final created a new species. Today Microsoft announced the start of the Windows 10 build … Continue reading →

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To Git or not to Git, that is the question

Posted on July 22, 2014 by hsauro

I’ve sort of reluctantly been pulled into the 21st century of Version Control to use GitHub. Originally an SVN user and many years before that CVS, I have found the Git world is so different that I still don’t trust myself … Continue reading →

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File Format For JDesigner

Posted on May 28, 2014 by hsauro

I’m in the middle of redesigning JDesigner’s file format. I’ve been using SBML since its inception in 2000 and JDesigner uses SBML as its native format by using the annotation mechanism to store all the layout and rendering information plus … Continue reading →

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Pascal Dead? Me thinks not

Posted on March 12, 2014 by hsauro

I was talking to a colleague the other day who was praising the virtues of C++. I told him that Object Pascal was quite a popular and growing language these days which he thought I must be joking, Pascal, who … Continue reading →

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New version of libRoadRunner Released 1.0.1

Posted on February 27, 2014 by hsauro

A new version of libroadrunner has just been released. Details are given below. Of particular interest to windows users is the availability of a new windows installer which installs everything you need to run libroadrunner, even if you haven’t got … Continue reading →

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