Slides from the introduction to the satellite meeting of the 2015 NIH Multiscale Modeling Consortium Meeting, held in Bethesda on September 10, 2015.

1. Overview and use of standards
and formats relevant to MSM
Michael Hucka, Ph.D. – California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
James Sluka, Ph.D. – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Herbert Sauro, Ph.D. – University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2015MSMConsortiumSatelliteMeeting,September2015,Bethesda,MD,USA
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2. Conceptual or verbal: descriptions in text
Diagrammatic: graphical representation of objects and relations
Physical: real mock-up of a system or object
Formal: mathematical representation of objects and relations
General types of models

3. Conceptual or verbal: descriptions in text
Diagrammatic: graphical representation of objects and relations
Physical: real mock-up of a system or object
Formal: mathematical representation of objects and relations
General types of models

4. Sharing models is important
• Believability of results
• Reproducibility of research
- Publications often lack sufficient detail to reproduce a model
• Reusability of work products
- Easier to reuse more likely to be reused
Making models sharable is not always easy
• Sharing requires more work time funding
• Immature formats and software pose obstacles
• Diversity + complexity = confusion
Motivations for this meeting

5. Data sharing survey byTenopir et al., 2011
Tenopir, C., Allard, S., Douglass, K., Aydinoglu, A. U., Wu, L., Read, E., Manoff, M., & Frame, M. (2011).
Data sharing by scientists: Practices and perceptions. PloS One, 6(6), e21101.

6. Overview common formalisms
• Goal: provide background and context
Describe standards and formats useful for a subset of problems
• Goal: provide guidance and starting points
- Scope is limited by time (and us)
‣ Next year, perhaps another satellite can take on another part
of the overall patchwork of standards/formats?
Demonstrate actual use
• Goal: provide concrete illustrations
Goals for this meeting

7. Outline
General review of common model representation approaches
Overview of standards and formats for a subset of problems
Demonstrations
Discussion of additional related resources
General discussion