Open AccessMatVPC: A User‐Friendly MATLAB‐Based Tool for the Simulation and Evaluation of Systems Pharmacology Models
Author(s) -
Biliouris K,
Lavielle M,
Trame MN
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cpt: pharmacometrics and systems pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.53
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2163-8306
DOI - 10.1002/psp4.12011
Subject(s) - computer science , matlab , software tool , software , programming language , software engineering
Quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) models are progressively entering the arena of contemporary pharmacology. The efficient implementation and evaluation of complex QSP models necessitates the development of flexible computational tools that are built into QSP mainstream software. To this end, we present MatVPC, a versatile MATLAB‐based tool that accommodates QSP models of any complexity level. MatVPC executes Monte Carlo simulations as well as automatic construction of visual predictive checks (VPCs) and quantified VPCs (QVPCs).