| name | word | all | should be valid Java and Matlab name |
| unit | string | all | unit of measurement |
| comment | string | all | |
| type | independent | all |
variable cannot be estimated, will not form parameters and should be present
in the experimental data |
| para | variable will always form parameters; experimental values
will be used as starting values |
| free | treat as independent if
present in dataset; treat as parameter otherwise |
| dependent | variable is simulated by the model and
measured in experiment |
| index | single integer values that change properties
of the model e.g. number of species, number of number of steps in reaction,
etc. |
| plotLog | bool | all except index | plot variable on log scale |
| size |
dimension1 [dimension2] ...
each dimension can have following formats:
| all except index | size of the variable array in every dimension can be
constrained independently |
size
| fixed size |
minSize maxSize [/factor] [+remainder]
| bound constraints |
variableName [dimension] [/divider] [*multiplier] [+addend]
| linear relationship to variable dimension |
indexName [/divider] [*multiplier] [+addend]
| linear relationship to index |
| order | ascend | independent or para | strictly ascending values |
ascendEq | ascending or equal |
unsorted | no sorting required |
descendEq | descending or equal |
descend | descending |
| optimize | bool | para | default optimization flag |
| linkExpts | bool | para | by default, keep parameters from different experiments equal |
| linkElmnts | bool | para | by default, keep parameters for different elements equal |
| minVal | -Inf, float | independent, para, index | lower bound value, inclusive |
| maxVal | Inf, float | independent, para, index | upper bound value, inclusive |
| startVal | float | independent, para, index | default current value |
| arguments |
variableName1 [variableName2] ...
all independent variables
| dependent | variables required for simulating this dependent variable |
| plotVs |
variableName1 ...
, 0,1,2,3,... index
| dependent | plot dependent variable as a function of these variables |
| dataType | double, int | independent | |
| weight | double | dependent | default statistical weight for all experimental values of this type |