Model Preparation
A comprehensive guide to creating, preparing and analysing a metabolic model using FBA, in addition to other techniques, was published by Thiele and Palsson in 2010. The key parts of model preparation are: creating a metabolic network without gaps, adding constraints to the model, and finally adding an objective function (often called the Biomass function), usually to simulate the growth of the organism being modelled.
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