title: MpTheory Java library: a multi-platform Java library for systems biology based on the Metabolic P theory.
abstract: MpTheory Java library is an open-source project collecting a set of objects and algorithms for modeling observed dynamics by means of the Metabolic P (MP) theory, that is, a mathematical theory introduced in 2004 for modeling biological dynamics. By means of the library, it is possible to model biological systems both at continuous and at discrete time. Moreover, the library comprises a set of regression algorithms for inferring MP models starting from time series of observations. To enhance the modeling experience, beside a pure Java usage, the library can be directly used within the most popular computing environments, such as MATLAB, GNU Octave, Mathematica and R.
  
  
  METHODS
  The library is open-source and licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 3.0. Source code, binaries and complete documentation are available at http://mptheory.scienze.univr.it.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  luca.marchetti@univr.it, marchetti@cosbi.eu
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy, Center for BioMedical Computing, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy and The Microsoft Research - University of Trento, Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (COSBI), 38068 Rovereto (TN), Italy Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy, Center for BioMedical Computing, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy and The Microsoft Research - University of Trento, Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (COSBI), 38068 Rovereto (TN), Italy Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy, Center for BioMedical Computing, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy and The Microsoft Research - University of Trento, Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (COSBI), 38068 Rovereto (TN), Italy Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy, Center for BioMedical Computing, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy and The Microsoft Research - University of Trento, Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (COSBI), 38068 Rovereto (TN), Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy, Center for BioMedical Computing, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy and The Microsoft Research - University of Trento, Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (COSBI), 38068 Rovereto (TN), Italy Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy, Center for BioMedical Computing, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy and The Microsoft Research - University of Trento, Centre for Computational and Systems Biology (COSBI), 38068 Rovereto (TN), Italy.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Manca
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D008660:Metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software; D049490:Systems Biology / Q000379:methods*