Tutorial

BioSimulators-RBApy is available as a command-line program and as a command-line program encapsulated into a Docker image.

Creating COMBINE/OMEX archives and encoding simulation experiments into SED-ML

Information about how to create COMBINE/OMEX archives which can be executed by BioSimulators-RBApy is available here.

A list of the algorithms and algorithm parameters supported by RBApy is available at BioSimulators.

Models (RBApy)

BioSimulators-RBApy can execute models encoded in RBApy format (urn:sedml:language:rba).

Simulation experiments (SED-ML, KISAO)

BioSimulators-RBApy can execute simulation experiments encoded in SED-ML, using KiSAO to indicate specific algorithms and their parameters. Information about the algorithms (KiSAO terms), algorithm parameters (KiSAO terms), and outputs supported by BioSimulators-RBApy is available from the BioSimulators registry.

Models (sedml.Model)

The TSV and XML files for a model should be packaged into a zip archive and specified using language URN urn:sedml:language:rba:

<model id="model" language="urn:sedml:language:rba" source="model.zip" />

Targets for model changes (sedml.AttributeChange)

Targets for changes to model parameters should be encoded using the name of the parameter as target="parameters.functions.{ function id }.parameters.{ parameter id }" such as target="parameters.functions.LINEAR_CONSTANT.parameters.amino_acid_concentration".:

<attributeChange target=""parameters.functions.LINEAR_CONSTANT.parameters.amino_acid_concentration" newValue="0.25" />

Simulations (sedml.SteadyState, sedml.Algorithm)

RBA simulations should be encoded using the SteadyState class with simulation algorithm KISAO_0000669:

<steadyState id="simulation">
  <algorithm kisaoID="KISAO:0000669" />
</steadyState>

Targets for observables (sedml.Variable of sedml.DataGenerator)

Targets for objectives should be encoded as target="objective":

<dataGenerator id="data_generator_objective">
  <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">
    <ci> variable_objective </ci>
  </math>
  <listOfVariables>
    <variable id="variable_objective" target="objective" taskReference="task"/>
  </listOfVariables>
</dataGenerator>

Targets for the primals of variables should be encoded using the names of the variables as target="variables.{ variable name }" such as target="variables.M_e1_c".:

<dataGenerator id="data_generator_M_e1_c">
  <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">
    <ci> variable_M_e1_c </ci>
  </math>
  <listOfVariables>
    <variable id="variable_M_e1_c" target="variables.M_e1_c" taskReference="task"/>
  </listOfVariables>
</dataGenerator>

Targets for the duals of constraints should be encoded using the names of the constraints as target="constraints.{ contraint name }" such as target="constraints.test_process_2_machinery".:

<dataGenerator id="data_generator_test_process_2_machinery">
  <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">
    <ci> variable_test_process_2_machinery </ci>
  </math>
  <listOfVariables>
    <variable id="variable_test_process_2_machinery" target="constraints.test_process_2_machinery" taskReference="task"/>
  </listOfVariables>
</dataGenerator>

Example COMBINE/OMEX archives

Examples of COMBINE/OMEX archives for simulations which BioSimulators-RBApy can execute are available in the BioSimulators test suite.

Command-line program

The command-line program can be used to execute COMBINE/OMEX archives that describe simulations as illustrated below.

usage: biosimulators-rbapy [-h] [-d] [-q] -i ARCHIVE [-o OUT_DIR] [-v]

BioSimulators-compliant command-line interface to the RBApy <https://sysbioinra.github.io/RBApy/> simulation program.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d, --debug           full application debug mode
  -q, --quiet           suppress all console output
  -i ARCHIVE, --archive ARCHIVE
                        Path to OMEX file which contains one or more SED-ML-
                        encoded simulation experiments
  -o OUT_DIR, --out-dir OUT_DIR
                        Directory to save outputs
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit

For example, the following command could be used to execute the simulations described in ./modeling-study.omex and save their results to ./:

biosimulators-rbapy -i ./modeling-study.omex -o ./

Docker image with a command-line entrypoint

The entrypoint to the Docker image supports the same command-line interface described above.

For example, the following command could be used to use the Docker image to execute the same simulations described in ./modeling-study.omex and save their results to ./:

docker run \
    --tty \
    --rm \
    --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd),target=/tmp/working-dir \
    ghcr.io/biosimulators/rbapy:latest \
        -i /tmp/working-dir/modeling-study.omex \
        -o /tmp/working-dir

Using BioSimulators-RBApy with a Gurobi license

Gurobi licenses can be used either by setting environment variables prefixed with GRB_ or by saving your license to your home directory (~/gurobi.lic) or the appropriate location for your OS (e.g., /opt/gurobi/gurobi.lic for Linux).