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. 2008 Sep 19;10(1):65–74. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbn039

Table 1:

Usability features of web-based applications

Web-based applications JWS Onlinea Virtual Cell PyBios WebCell SYCAMORE BASIS
User interface for model building Wizard/ form-based
Script-based
Diagrammatic
Kinetic rate expression for model building Predefined
User-defined
Multi-compartmental graphical representation
Parameters and initial conditions changeable
Internal page navigation
Simulation results Graph Graph/Text Graph Graph/Text Graph/Text Graph/Text
User guides and documentation Text Text/ Screenshots Text Text/ Screenshots Text/ Screenshots Text
URL (version) http://jjj.biochem.sun.ac.za http://www.vcell.org (v4.3.1) http://pybios.molgen.mpg.de (v1.0) http://webcell.org (v2.0) http://sycamore.eml.org http://www.basis.ncl.ac.uk

aJWS Online provides a library of predefined models and as such does not allow users to build their own models.