Help on the BRAINCIRC Model graphical user interface

This page provides very cursory help on using the graphical user interface. Please remember that the GUI is under development and is not a complete object. If you have a javascript-enabled browser you can click on parts of the pictures below to find out about parts of the interface. For more comprehensive help, run the interface itself and use the inbuilt help.

The three components to the interface are:

1) The main interface
2) The parameter interface
3) The variable interface
4) The system editing interface

1) The main interface

The main interface provides a way of running simulations. The particular model to simulate can be selected, the input chosen and edited, simulations run with a variety of options, and the output viewed and plotted. There are also a  number of generic options allowing you to search for quantities in the model, get help and switch to the other interfaces. Click on parts of the picture below to get more information.

the main interface of the Braincirc model
Main menu Model select area Input file area Output file area Parameter file area search button Help button Context sensitive help Toggle button Quit button Simulation area Plot area Messages area Command box Command history Output area

The parameter interface

The parameter interface allows you to explore parameters. You can find how a particular parameter is set, change its value and check which other parameters depend on it. Click on parts of the picture below to get more information.


The parameter interface
Main menu Model select area Input file area Output file area Parameter file area search button Help button Context sensitive help Toggle button Quit button message area The function area description box change button dependencies button check button parameter value set or calculated parameter name

The variable interface

The variable interface allows you to explore the behaviour of variables. You can find if a variable's evolution is determined by an algebraic equation or a differential equation, and view the equation in question (which is in general generated automatically from module files). Click on parts of the picture below to get more information.


The variable interface
Main menu Model select area Input file area Output file area Parameter file area search button Help button Context sensitive help Toggle button Quit button message area variable evolution box variable description box variable check button variable type box variable name box

The model editing interface

The model editing interface allows you to construct new models, alter existing ones and perform a variety of other tasks. It allows the BRAINCIRC interface to be used as a general engine for constructing a large class of dynamical systems which can be cast as differential-algebraic equations. It can only be accessed from the view menu. Click on parts of the picture below to get more information.


The model editing interface
Main menu Model select area Input file area Output file area Parameter file area search button Help button Context sensitive help Toggle button Quit button message area restoring an archived model deleting a model submodel to model archive a model copy a model create new model Model descriptor area Module file area