{Goodwin oscillator modified from Mathematical Biology by J.D. Murray pg 143 J. Watrous Summer 08} METHOD RK4 STARTTIME = 0 STOPTIME=50 DT = 0.01 v = 20 k = 1 q = 2 a = 3 b = 4 c = 5 d = 6 r = 7 n = 2 init m = 0.5 init e = 0.1 init p = 0 m' = ((v/(k+(p^q)))-(a*m)) ; mRNA levels e' = b*m - c*e ; enzyme levels p' = d*e - r*p ; product levels {model is unrealistic since large values of q are necessary to show oscillations a more realistic equation for p would be something like p' = d*e - (f*p/(k+p)) } ============================================================= {The Goodwin Oscillator Adv. Enz. Reg. 3:425-439 J. Watrous Summer 08} METHOD RK4 STARTTIME = 0 STOPTIME=100 DT = 0.01 a0 = 1 a1 = 72 a2 = 36 k1 = 1 b1 = 2 b2 = 0 init x = 7 init y = -10 {these init values will not yield oscillations doing parameter plot analysis shows that values of x between 0.1 and 3 are best and that y values can varry considerably from there} x' = (a1/(a2 + (k1 * y))) - b1 y' = a1*x - b2