Project Name: “BOXES” Drawing Component

Sponsor:
Roger Jelliffe (email: jelliffe@usc.edu)

Partners: None

Background: The objective of the USC Laboratory of Applied Pharmacokinetics (LAPK) is to create population models of drug behavior, and to apply these models by precisely tailoring patients’ dosage regimens. “BOXES” is a semi-graphical interface that allows the user to draw, on the computer screen, linear or nonlinear pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic compartmental (the boxes) structural models, even of multiple and possibly interacting drugs. The program then generates the FORTRAN source code for the differential equations and output equations that define each model mathematically.

Problem: Develop a “BOXES” drawing component in a Windows XP environment. The tool should be similar to a flow chart drawing tool where structural models can be specified with different icons. Currently there is a DOS prototype.

Constraints: The tool must be Windows XP compatible. The tool must be designed to allow growth (addition of icons).

Desired Deliverables: A tool that allows a graphical representation of structural models.