4 Setup

4.1 Environment

• Microsoft Windows XP or Linux. Note that other environments may work, yet were not fully tested.
• Python version 2.7, a Python version for Windows can be downloaded from here. If this link does not work for you, you may find an alternate version by visiting the following webpage: http://python.org/download/releases/2.7.2/
• wxPython (Requires Python), a Unicode version suitable for Python version 2.7 for Windows 32 bit can be downloaded from here. If this link does not work for you, you may find an alternate version by visiting the following webpage: http://www.wxpython.org/download.php#stable
• The NumPy library (Requires Python), a version suitable for Python version 2.7 for Windows can be downloaded from here. If this link does not work for you, you may find an alternate version by visiting the following webpage: http://www.scipy.org/Download
• The SciPy library (Requires Python and NumPy), a version suitable for Python version 2.7 can be downloaded from here. If this link does not work for you, you may find an alternate version by visiting the following webpage: http://www.scipy.org/Download

  The above is an essential list and the software will run with these with diminished capabilities.

  If you plan to create plots from simulation results, you will also need to install the following:

• The matplotlib library (Requires Python), Version 1.1.0 was used and can be downloaded from here. If this link does not work for you, you may find an alternate version by visiting the following webpage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/

  If you plan to use estimation capabilities that are typically less in use, you will also need to install the following:

• The Sympy library (Requires Python), Version 0.7.1 was used and can be downloaded from here. If this link does not work for you, you may find an alternate version by visiting the following webpage: http://code.google.com/p/sympy/downloads/list

4.2 Software Installation

After the environment has been properly installed:

• Using your web browser, access the project web site at the software section: http://www.med.umich.edu/mdrtc/cores/DiseaseModel/software.htm
• Download the archive file InstallIEST###.zip where ### stands for the version of the software. You should use the highest version available.
• Extract the downloaded archive to a directory of your choice. This will be your working directory.

4.3 Running the Software

Open the working directory created during installation and double-click Main.py. The main form of the system, titled 'Indirect Estimation and Simulation Tool', will open. This is further described in the next section, Getting Started with IEST.