|
|
|
|
|
|
by Kip9000
2726 days ago
|
|
|
Microsoft Research Cambridge, has been doing this for a long while. "It turns out that there are lots of similarities between modelling concurrent systems and biological systems. Just like a computer, biological systems perform information processing, which determines how they grow, reproduce and survive in a hostile environment. Understanding this biological information processing is key to our understanding of life itself. It’s probably easier to understand some of the output of this work – specifically the Stochastic Pi Machine, or SPiM as it’s often referred to. SPiM is a programming language for designing and simulating models of biological processes. The language features a simple, graphical notation for modelling a range of biological systems – meaning a biologist does not have to write code to create a model, they just draw pictures. You can think of SPiM as a visual programming language for biology. In addition, SPiM can be used to model large systems incrementally, by directly composing simpler models of subsystems. Historically, the field of biology has struggled with systems so complex they become unwieldy to analyse. The modular approach that is often used in computer programming is directly applicable to this challenge." https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/biological-co... http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/spim/ |
|
|