Chris Davis Perumal, Abraham Nofal, Benedict J Kolber, Rachael Miller Neilan
{"title":"Web Application for Simulation of an Agent-Based Model in NetLogo3D.","authors":"Chris Davis Perumal, Abraham Nofal, Benedict J Kolber, Rachael Miller Neilan","doi":"10.61403/2473-5493.1107","DOIUrl":"10.61403/2473-5493.1107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Agent-based models (ABMs) are computer simulation models for studying systems of autonomous agents. Modelers often use specialized software like NetLogo to develop ABMs, but this software poses barriers to researchers in other disciplines with no prior programming experience. To address this issue, we developed a web application that allows users to simulate our ABM via a web browser, eliminating the need for the user to download and use specialized software. While presented in the context of a specific ABM, our approach can be applied to other ABMs to enhance accessibility. The ABM presented here was developed in NetLogo3D. The model simulates pain-related neural activity in the central nucleus of the amygdala and generates an emergent measure of pain output. The web application enables users to modify parameters, run simulations, visualize output, and export data without interacting with the model's code or downloading software, broadening access to researchers and the public.</p>","PeriodicalId":92725,"journal":{"name":"Spora : a journal of biomathematics","volume":"11 1","pages":"64-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12199284/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144509923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kayla Kraeuter, Carley Reith, Benedict J Kolber, Rachael Miller Neilan
{"title":"Improved Efficiency and Sensitivity Analysis of 3-D Agent-based Model for Pain-related Neural Activity in the Amygdala.","authors":"Kayla Kraeuter, Carley Reith, Benedict J Kolber, Rachael Miller Neilan","doi":"10.61403/2473-5493.1094","DOIUrl":"10.61403/2473-5493.1094","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neuropathic pain is caused by nerve injury and involves brain areas such as the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA). We developed the first 3-D agent-based model (ABM) of neuropathic pain-related neurons in the CeA using NetLogo3D. The execution time of a single ABM simulation using realistic parameters (e.g., 13,000 neurons and 22,000+ neural connections) is an important factor in the model's usability. In this paper, we describe our efforts to improve the computational efficiency of our 3-D ABM, which resulted in a 28% reduction in execution time on average for a typical simulation. With this upgraded model, we performed one- and two-parameter sensitivity analyses to study the sensitivity of model output to variability in several key parameters along the anterior to posterior axis of the CeA. These results highlight the importance of computational modeling in exploring spatial and cell-type specific properties of brain regions to inform future wet lab experiments.</p>","PeriodicalId":92725,"journal":{"name":"Spora : a journal of biomathematics","volume":"10 1","pages":"65-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11243734/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141617779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Investigation of Mitigation Measures on the Spread of COVID-19 in a College Classroom Using Agent-Based Modeling","authors":"Saharsh Talwar, Anne E Yust","doi":"10.61403/2473-5493.1086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.61403/2473-5493.1086","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92725,"journal":{"name":"Spora : a journal of biomathematics","volume":"23 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135168285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bright Days Ahead","authors":"","doi":"10.30707/spora9.1.1675492827.518619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30707/spora9.1.1675492827.518619","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92725,"journal":{"name":"Spora : a journal of biomathematics","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73403846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rachel Macaulay, E. Barrett, Grace Penunuri, Eli E. Goldwyn
{"title":"A Statistical Analysis of the Change in Age Distribution of Spawning Hatchery Salmon","authors":"Rachel Macaulay, E. Barrett, Grace Penunuri, Eli E. Goldwyn","doi":"10.30707/spora9.1.1675492827.538909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30707/spora9.1.1675492827.538909","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92725,"journal":{"name":"Spora : a journal of biomathematics","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84110527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Disturbance and Conspecific Negative Density Dependence on Forest Composition and Diversity: A Simulation-Based Approach","authors":"M. Mills, D. M. Chan, Benjamin S Ramage","doi":"10.30707/spora9.1.1680320335.532081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30707/spora9.1.1680320335.532081","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92725,"journal":{"name":"Spora : a journal of biomathematics","volume":"124 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89417442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling the Population Demographics & Viability of Imperiled Guzmania monostachia Populations","authors":"H. Pennington, Pranay Lingareddy, Erin N. Bodine","doi":"10.30707/spora9.1.1690388424.437952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30707/spora9.1.1690388424.437952","url":null,"abstract":"Guzmania monostachia is a large, long-lived bromeliad whose leaves grow in a rosette pattern and is native to the Americas, but endangered in Florida due to damage caused by the invasive weevil Metamasius callizona. Each G. monostachia rosette can reproduce sexually via flowers or asexually by producing clonal offshoot rosettes. We model the population dynamics and demographic structure of a G. monostachia population using a Lefkovitch matrix model where each state represents a demographic class of rosettes. Model analysis over a range of uncertain parameters show the conditions under which a G. monostachia population is viable in the absence and presence of M. callizona, and the expected demographic structure under those conditions. In particular, our analysis illustrates that proportional reductions in survival have a qualitatively stronger impact on population viability than proportion reductions in clonal fecundity.","PeriodicalId":92725,"journal":{"name":"Spora : a journal of biomathematics","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83592153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cameron Coles, Elizabeth Balas, J. Peirce, G. Sandland, Richard Erickson
{"title":"Using Integral Projection Models to Explore Management Strategies for Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)","authors":"Cameron Coles, Elizabeth Balas, J. Peirce, G. Sandland, Richard Erickson","doi":"10.30707/spora9.1.1681910439.35821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30707/spora9.1.1681910439.35821","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92725,"journal":{"name":"Spora : a journal of biomathematics","volume":"109 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79213547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On Efficacy and Effectiveness of Vaccines: A Mathematical Approach Based on Conditional Probability with Applications to the COVID-19 Context","authors":"","doi":"10.30707/spora8.1.1652717156.639924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30707/spora8.1.1652717156.639924","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92725,"journal":{"name":"Spora : a journal of biomathematics","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86219966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ognyan Simeonov, Kari Lemelin Fliss, J. Driscoll, C. Eaton
{"title":"Humans vs. Zombies: Data-driven Modeling of Disease Spread","authors":"Ognyan Simeonov, Kari Lemelin Fliss, J. Driscoll, C. Eaton","doi":"10.30707/spora8.1.1664052111.377374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30707/spora8.1.1664052111.377374","url":null,"abstract":"Disease spread in close-knit communities depends heavily on the natural immunity of the individuals in the community as well as on the individuals’ interactions within the environment. This study uses data from a game of tag called Humans vs. Zombies, played on a small liberal arts campus, to examine how this “human element” can affect the spread of diseases in such communities. We fit five disease models to our data and find the best-fit parameters for each model. We conclude that an SIR model with multiple susceptibility classes and sleep cycles modifications provides the best fit, showing that human behavior is an essential element in disease modeling and that the diurnal routine of the individuals plays an important role in disease spread. Other college campuses could model similar games to observe how different cultures of people affect the results, which also doubles as a fun student engagement opportunity.","PeriodicalId":92725,"journal":{"name":"Spora : a journal of biomathematics","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91321572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}