BMDS UI is a user interface for running pybmds, a Python package for dose-response modeling using the US EPA's Benchmark Dose Modeling Software (BMDS). The user interface is a web application, but has two different deployment options:
- It can be deployed locally as a desktop application, which we call BMDS Desktop
- It can deployed as a web application, such as BMDS Online
BMDS Desktop application home screen:
An example of the the user interface for model results:
BMDS Desktop is designed to run locally on your desktop computer in fully offline mode; it does not interact with any resources on the internet after initial installation. BMDS Online can be deployed online publicly or internally at a company or organization. Key differences between the software are described below:
| Item | Desktop | Online |
|---|---|---|
| Permission | BMDS Desktop runs on your computer in fully offline mode. | No login is required for the online application. An administrative account can be used to view the admin page |
| Analysis Visibility | The Desktop home page all analyses in a database | You must have the URL to an analysis in order to view |
| Analysis Deletion | Analyses have no deletion date | Analyses are automatically deleted on N days from current date, where N is a configurable parameter |
| Analysis organization | Analyses can be starred and labelled, and you can search on stars and labels | Analyses have no filtering available |
| Database technology | Uses a sqlite database file (single file) | Uses a PostgreSQL database (better for concurrency) |
The BMDS Desktop has a startup screen where you can select which database file you'd like to use in your application. You can have multiple databases on your computer, one per project for example:
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