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FBA Optimization

This process is used to perform a basic FBA optimization.

Here is the set of keywords this process understands, along with a description of their possible corresponding values. See the command line documentation for more information about keyword-value pairs.


Required Keywords Possible Values
Process FBA Optimization
Reaction File The name of an FBA Reaction File containing a stoichiometric network.
Constraints File The name of a text file containing the user-defined flux constraints. See Constraints Files for further information.
Objective Function The objective function to be optimized. See FBA Objective Functions for further information.
Optimization Sense The sense, or direction, in which the objective function will be optimized. See Optimization Senses for further information.
Program Solver The name of the program solver to be used. See Program Solvers for further information.
Optional Keywords Possible Values
Output File Name The name of the file to which the computed values will be written. See FBA Single-Optimization Output Files for further information.
Data Headers The data headers of the specified output file. See FBA Optimization Data Headers for further information.
Constraint Tolerance The amount by which the linear program solver is allowed to violate the defined flux constraints. See Constraint Tolerances for further information.
Safety Level The safety level at which the optimizations will be performed. See Safety Levels for further information.
Program Solver Parameter File The name of the file containing parameters for the linear program solver. See Program Solver Parameter Files for further information.

Examples

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