Analysis and Prototyping of Biological Systems: the Abstract Biological Process Model

The aim of a biological model is to understand the integrated structure and behavior of complex biological systems as a function of the underlying molecular networks to achieve simulation and forecast of their operation. Although several approaches have been introduced to take into account structural and environment related features, relatively little attention has been given to represent the behavior of biological systems. The Abstract Biological Process (ABP) model illustrated in this paper is an object-oriented model based on UML (the standard object-oriented language). Its main objective is to bring into focus the functional aspects of the biological system under analysis.

Authors:

• Antonio Di Leva
• Roberto Berchi
• Gianpiero Pescarmona
• Michele Sonnessa

Keywords:

• Biological processes
• system dynamics
• systemmodeling
• UML.

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