I'm trying to use visualizer.pl to visualize the dynamics of multi-state system
my function file:
f1 := x2
f2 := x1+x2*x3
f3 := x3^2+x1+x2+1
I used the following command as mentioned in "readme.txt"
perl visualizer.pl -p 1.txt 3 3
since prime := 3 and num_nodes :=3
but I got this error
educ@educ-VirtualBox:~/Desktop/visualizer$ perl visualizer.pl -p 1.txt 3 3
Errors found in the input file. See below for description:
ERROR: Incorrect start of function declaration in function 1.
Errors with input file..ending program at visualizer.pl line 162, > line 1.
State Space Visualizer Version 1.0 beta ------------------------------------- The State Space Visualizer is a tool for the visualization of the dynamics of multi-state, discrete models of biological networks.
More information about package:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110815084457/http://dvd.vbi.vt.edu/tutorial.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20120320172453if_/http://dvd.vbi.vt.edu/visualizer.zip
Use = to separate your functions, and remove spaces around the =. Your input file should thus be:
f1=x2
f2=x1+x2*x3
f3=x3^2+x1+x2+1
I know that it's not consistent with the readme, but it's consistent with the content of visualizer.pl, and it works.
If, once that's done, the script visualizer.pl fails with:
sh: 1: kghostview: not found
You can fix it by installing ghostview (sudo apt install gv on Debian), and replacing the line system("kghostview out.ps &"); by system("gv out.ps &"); at the end of visualizer.pl.