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Table 1 Examples of OPB: Dynamical dependency classes with property players and corresponding constitutive proportionality classes

From: Ontology of physics for biology: representing physical dependencies as a basis for biological processes

Dynamical dependency

Rate property player

Other property player(s)

Constitutive proportionality

Constitutive flow dependency

   
 

Amount-driven flow dependency

Flow-rate

∆ Amount

Resistance

 

Force-driven flow dependency

Flow-rate

∆ Force

Rate constant

  

Resistive flow dependency

Flow-rate

Resistance

  

Coupled flow dependency

Flow-rates

Modulus

Constitutive storage dependency

   
 

Capacitive dependency

∆ Force

Amount

Capacitance

 

Inductive dependency

∆ Force

Momentum

Inductance

Transactor dependency

Either

Any

Coefficient