US 2007/0192075 A1Published application

Organism stimulation device and program

AssigneeKyoto University

InventorsTetsuya Matsuda, Akira Amano, Hidetoshi Kotera, Kenta Hori, Jianyin Lu, Nobuaki Sarai, Satoshi Matsuoka, Akinori Noma, Takao Shimayoshi

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Abstract

With conventional simulation devices, the assumption was that only cells would be simulated, and thus the simulation devices had the problem that simulations on the level of tissue, organs, or individual organisms, which are collections of cells, were not possible. The present invention is an organism simulation device that is provided with two or more different simulator parts that calculate the behavior of organism structural elements, a data output part that visually outputs simulation results, and a simulation controller that controls the transfer of data between the two or more different simulator parts and the data output part based on simulation scenario information, which is information on the flow of data and the operation sequence. With this organism simulation device, an environment in which simulation of an organism can be performed more comprehensively and with higher precision can be provided with ease.

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Dependent claims

An organism simulation device comprising:

two or more different simulator parts that calculate the behavior of an organism's structural elements, which are the elements making up the organism, such as molecules, cell organelles, cells, tissue, and organs;
a data output part that outputs simulation results;
and
a simulation controller that controls a transfer of data between the two or more different simulator parts and the data output part;
wherein the two or more simulator parts comprise:
an input data reception unit for receiving data from a user and/or the simulation controller;
a calculation unit for performing predetermined calculations on the data received by the input data reception unit to create output data;
and
an output data output unit for transferring the output data to the simulation controller;
wherein the data output part comprises:
an output data reception unit for receiving output data from the simulation controller;
and
an output unit for outputting the output data received by the output data reception unit;
and
wherein the simulation controller comprises:
a simulation scenario information storage unit storing simulation scenario information, which is information on the flow of data between the two or more simulator parts and the data output part, and the operation sequence;
a data reception unit for receiving data from the two or more simulator parts;
an input data transfer unit for transferring the data received by the data reception unit to the simulator parts based on the simulation scenario information;
and
an output data transfer unit for transferring the data that have been received from the two or more simulator parts to the data output part based on the simulation scenario information.

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An organism simulation program comprising:

two or more different simulator programs that cause a simulation to be performed, and that cause the computer to calculate the behavior of an organism's structural elements, which are the elements making up the organism, such as molecules, cell organelles, cells, tissue, and organs;
a data output program that causes a computer to output simulation results;
and
a simulation control program that causes a computer to control a transfer of data between the two or more different simulator programs and the data output program;
wherein the two or more simulator programs comprise:
an input data reception step of receiving data from a user and/or the simulation control program;
a calculation step of performing predetermined calculations on the data received in the input data reception step to create output data;
and
an output data output step of transferring the output data to the simulation control program;
wherein the data output program comprises:
an output data reception step of receiving output data from the simulation control program;
and
an output step of outputting the output data received by the output data reception step;
and
wherein the simulation control program comprises:
a data reception step of receiving data from the two or more simulator programs;
an input data transfer step of transferring the data received by the data reception step to the simulator programs based on simulation scenario information that is stored;
and
an output data transfer step of transferring the data that have been received from the two or more simulator programs to the data output program based on the simulation scenario information.

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