Table 6 Spatial simulators
From: GridCell: a stochastic particle-based biological system simulator
| Â | GridCell | SmartCell | MesoRD | Cell++ | MCell | Smoldyn | ChemCell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Molecule representation | Particle | Population | Population | Large particles and populations of small particles | Particle | Particle | Particle |
Stochastic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Large particles only | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Space | Discretized | Discretized | Discretized | Continuous (large particles) and discretized (small particles) | Continuous | Continuous | Continuous |
Particle-collision support | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Diffusion support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SBML support | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Web availability | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |