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SCoP: An interactive simulation control program for micro- and minicomputers

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A nes software system is described for building simulation programs on micro- and minicomputers. Model equations are written as C subroutines, compiled and linked to the SCoP package to produce a menu-driven, interactive program. The system maintains a database of names, values, and units for all model parameters and variables. Run-time options include several methods for interactive parameter modification and both graphic and tabular outputs, with output values presented as they are calculated. Simulation output values can be compared with experimental data graphically and a companion program SCoPFit is provided for formal optimization of parameter values.

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  1. Glen R. Mitchell

    Present address: International Business Machines Corporation, 55901, Rochester, MN, USA

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  1. Department of Physiology and National Biomedical Simulation Resource, Duke University Medical Center, 27710, Durham, NC, USA

    J. Mailen Kootsey, Michael C. Kohn, Michael D. Feezor & Glen R. Mitchell

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Connecticut Health Center, 06032, Farmington, CT, USA

    Peter R. Fletcher

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Kootsey, J.M., Kohn, M.C., Feezor, M.D. et al. SCoP: An interactive simulation control program for micro- and minicomputers. Bltn Mathcal Biology 48, 427–441 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459691

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