The minimum information about a simulation experiment (MIASE) is a list of the common set of information a modeller needs to enable the execution and reproduction of a numerical simulation experiment, derived from a given set of quantitative models.
MIASE is a registered project of the MIBBI (minimum information for biological and biomedical investigations).
History.
The MIASE project was launched in 2007 by Dagmar Köhn and Nicolas Le Novère and first presented on the 12th SBML Forum Meeting in October 2007. Since then, MIASE was discussed on various meetings, not only within the SBML community. MIASE has become a community effort involving people from various standardisation communities as well as developers of simulation tools.
In April 2009, MIASE was part of the "CellML, SBGN, SBO, BioPAX, and MIASE Super-Workshop 2009".
The guidelines.
The MIASE Guidelines are composed of the following parts: Information about the models to use, information about the simulation steps, and Information about the output:
Information about the models to use.
All models used in the experiment must be identified, accessible, and fully described.
Information about the simulation steps.
A precise description of the simulation steps and other procedures used by the experiment must be provided.
Information about the output.
All information necessary to obtain the desired numerical results must be provided.