Comparison Methods For Stochastic Models And Risks

1. Stochastic Process

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Stochastic Process

Sucrose accumulation model in sugar cane culm tissue BIOMD from Biomodels database 11,15, further referred to as model A, and yeast glycolysis model BIOMD, further referred to as model B, are used to test the performance of several global stochastic optimisation methods.The COPASI software is used as optimisation tool due to well-developed graphical user interface.