document: Model intestinal microflora in computer simulation : a simulation and modeling package for host-microflora interactions The ecology of the human intestinal microflora and its interaction with the host are poorly understood . Though more and more data are being acquired , in part using modern molecular methods , development of a quantitative theory has not kept pace with this increase in observing power . This is in part due to the complexity of the system and to the lack of simulation environments in which to test what the ecological effect of a hypothetical mechanism of interaction would be , before resorting to laboratory experiments . The MIMICS project attempts to address this through the development of a cellular automaton for simulation of the intestinal microflora . In this paper , the design and evaluation of this simulator is discussed
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