This is not a major issue in the coagulation model I have been working with, but it can become useful in systems with many reactions that share the same rate constant.
For example:
A + B → C
C + D → F
both occurring with rate constant k:
dC/dt = kAB − kCD = k(AB − CD)
In larger reaction networks where many processes occur with the same k (e.g., Karin’s platelet model), explicitly grouping terms like this can improve computational efficiency and reduce overhead in the ODE evaluation if structured appropriately.
This is not a major issue in the coagulation model I have been working with, but it can become useful in systems with many reactions that share the same rate constant.
For example:
A + B → C
C + D → F
both occurring with rate constant k:
dC/dt = kAB − kCD = k(AB − CD)
In larger reaction networks where many processes occur with the same k (e.g., Karin’s platelet model), explicitly grouping terms like this can improve computational efficiency and reduce overhead in the ODE evaluation if structured appropriately.