Multicell simulations of development and disease using the CompuCell3D simulation environment

Methods Mol Biol. 2009:500:361-428. doi: 10.1007/978-1-59745-525-1_13.

Abstract

Mathematical modeling and computer simulation have become crucial to biological fields from genomics to ecology. However, multicell, tissue-level simulations of development and disease have lagged behind other areas because they are mathematically more complex and lack easy-to-use software tools that allow building and running in silico experiments without requiring in-depth knowledge of programming. This tutorial introduces Glazier-Graner-Hogeweg (GGH) multicell simulations and CompuCell3D, a simulation framework that allows users to build, test, and run GGH simulations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Animals
  • Computer Simulation*
  • Developmental Biology*
  • Disease*
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Mathematics
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Programming Languages
  • Software