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Fri, 10 Jan 2003 12:27:56 -0500 |
Hi,
The following project was submitted to Savannah. It needs evaluation to
become a GNU package, can you give it a look, please ?
Submitter: <address@hidden>
Project Full Name: ABE, A bioassay analysis program written in Python
Project System Name: abe
License: gpl
Approval URL: https://savannah.gnu.org/admin/groupedit.php?group_id=3724
Description: ABE Version 1.0 (stable), released on sourceforge.net, is the
first public release of ABE, a bioassay analysis program for cell biologists
and molecular biologists working in biotechnology companies or academic
laboratories.
The ABE source code and docs are available at:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/abe-module
ABE visualizes and analyzes the data from biossay experiments such as
cell proliferation assays, and allows the user to model the experimental data
using either polynomials, or a more specific sigmoidal dose-response model.
ABE reads the experimental data in XML format, constructs mathematical models
of the data and allows the user to graphically compare the observed and modeled
data. A complete record of the analysis is kept in a comprehensive activity log
and any generated graphs can be saved in PostScript (TM) format, allowing the
user to include detailed and accurate records of the analysis as part of
his/her laboratory notes.
Since many excellent data-graphing packages already exist, the graph
options in ABE were deliberately kept to a minimum to keep the code
simple and to focus on the mathematical part of the analysis.ABE does
however allow the user to export a data table containing a summary of the
analysis into programs such as Microsoft Excel (TM) for further analysis,
visualization and archiving.
ABE is written in Python 2.2 and uses the Tkinter graphic library to
generate a friendly graphical user interface (GUI) for manipulating and
visualizing the data. As a result, the program should be capable of being run
on any platform with a standard Python 2.2 (or higher)
distribution.
For the data modeling, ABE uses the nonlinear regression routines from the
Scientific Python (SciPy) and Numeric libraries as well as the polyfit function
from Raymond Hettinger\'s Matfunc module(Public Domain), for computing the
fitted polynomial coefficients from the supplied data. Functions for computing
the derivatives of the fitted polynomials, solving polynomial roots and
estimating the initial parameters for the nonlinear regression were added by
the author and are included in the body of the main Abe module. In addition to
the libraries of the standard Python distribution therefore, only the SciPy,
Numeric and Matfunc modules need to be included in the Python path for ABE to
be run.
Using the py2exe extension of the Python distutils library,
convenient, pre-compiled and standalone ABE executables can be generated, that
can be run without a Python installation.
-- the Savannah admin
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