Patent ID: 6381562
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B82Y,G06N

Abstract:
A method of simulating a bio-transport system comprising:characterizing a plurality of elements to represent a bio-transport system of at least a portion of an organism; configuring a simulation model by constructing a plurality of mathematical representations that model bio-transport dynamics for each element based on the characterization of said elements, wherein said bio-transport dynamics include at least: flow of a fluid in said bio-transport system, the flow at a particular element being modeled by a first mathematical representation which at least conserves momentum and conserves energy of essentially all of said elements; and concentration of at least one entity within said fluid, the concentration of said entity at a particular element being modeled by a second mathematical representation which is a function of flow as determined by said first mathematical representation, and of concentration of said entity in essentially all of said elements; initializing the configured simulation model; executing said configured simulation model to obtain bio-transport dynamics data for one or more elements, wherein bio-transport dynamics data comprises at least flow data of said fluid at a particular element, and concentration data of said entity in said fluid at a particular element; and outputting information to a user based on at least a portion of said bio-transport dynamics data.