Minimum Information About a Simulation Experiment (MIASE)

Date
2011-04
Authors
Waltemath, Dagmar
Adams, Richard
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Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLOS)
Abstract
Reproducibility of experiments is a basic requirement for science. Minimum Information (MI) guidelines have proved a helpful means of enabling reuse of existing work in modern biology. The Minimum Information Required in the Annotation of Models (MIRIAM) guidelines promote the exchange and reuse of biochemical computational models. However, information about a model alone is not sufficient to enable its efficient reuse in a computational setting. Advanced numerical algorithms and complex modeling workflows used in modern computational biology make reproduction of simulations difficult. It is therefore essential to define the core information necessary to perform simulations of those models. The Minimum Information About a Simulation Experiment (MIASE, Glossary in Box 1) describes the minimal set of information that must be provided to make the description of a simulation experiment available to others.
Description
The original publication is available at http://www.ploscompbiol.org
Keywords
Medicine -- Research, Computational modeling, Minimum Information About a Simulation Experiment (MIASE), Systems biology
Citation
Waltemath, E. et al. 2011. Minimum Information About a Simulation Experiment (MIASE). PLoS Comput Biol, 7(4:e1001122, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001122.