MAMCAT - AN EXPERT-SYSTEM FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN MAMMILLARY AND CATENARY COMPARTMENTAL-MODELS

MAMCAT is a user-friendly, interactive, graphics-based PC program for addressing a common compartmental model discrimination problem in the framework of model indistinguishability theory: can mammillary and cat enary models of the same order be distinguished from each other? The s oftware is designed to teach the theory and solve specific problems. T he user is guided step-by-step through definitions, examples, theory a nd problem solution. Topological properties are used first to screen o ut some distinguishable models and thereby reduce the number of candid ates for indistinguishability. Transfer function analysis is then used to explore the remaining candidates. Analytical results for up to 5-c ompartment models are given and a more general algorithm is induced fr om these results.