Figure 1

The RuleBender interface. Shown are the Model Editor pane including console for text output (left) and the Visualization Viewer pane (right). The Visualization Viewer shows two complementary visual encodings corresponding to the text model in the Editor: the interactive contact map (top), and part of the influence graph for this model (bottom). RuleBender's main features include syntax checking, syntax highlighting, visual global model exploration with linked views, integrated execution, support for multiple simulation modules, simulation journaling, interactive plotting including comparison of multiple datasets, and parameter scanning.