MDL

• contains a QuB hidden markov model
• stored as ASCII text
• missing features which are present in QMF format:
  • the names of P and Q variables (e.g. Ligand and Voltage)
  • constraints on amplitude
  • kinetic constraints with a value

<mdl> = {
<nch>	Number of Channels
<ncl>	Number of Class
Amp		Sd		Color	(conductance info)
<class>*
<nst>	Number of states
Pr		Color	x	y	(State Info)
<state>*
<nconn> Number of connections
<connection>*
<ncns>  Number of Constrain Parameters
itype->0:fix a  1:scale a  2:loop  3:fix b  4:scale b
itype   state index
<constraint>*
<ncoeff> Number of Coefficients
<coeffs>
}

<class> = {
<amp>	<sd>	<color>
}

<state> = {
<start_prob>	<color>		<x>	<y>
}

<connection> = {
<start>	<end>	<a_there>	<b_there>	<drug_there>	\
		<a_back>	<b_back>	<drug_back>
}

<constraint> = {
<cns_type>	<cns_state0>	<cns_state1> ... <cns_staten-1>
}

<cns_type>: 0=fix a;  1=scale a;  2=loop;  3=fix b;  4=scale b
<cns_statei>: the first state is 1

<coeffs>: all ten Ars of the first class, followed by the second class, ..., one coeff per line.

---------------------- MDL example (COC.mdl) --------
 1	Number of Channels
 2	Number of Classes
Amp	Sd	Color	(conductance info)
0 0.1  0
1 0.15  1
 3	Number of States
Pr	Color	x	y	(state info)
0  0 16.4 63.14
0  1 59 63.14
0  0 82.4 24.58
 2	Number of Connections
 1  2 10 0  1 10 0  0
 3  2 800 0  0 500 0  0
 1	Number of Constraint Parameters
itype->0:fix a	1:scale a	2:loop	3:fix b	4:scale b
itype	state index
 0	0	1
 0	Number of Coefficients
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