▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁by ▁Pedro ▁M endes . ▁The ▁initial ▁development ▁of ▁C OP AS I ▁was ▁fund ed ▁by ▁the ▁Virginia ▁Bio in format ics ▁Institute , ▁and ▁the ▁Klaus ▁Tsch ira ▁Foundation . ▁Current ▁development ▁efforts ▁are ▁supported ▁by ▁gr ants ▁from ▁the ▁National ▁Institute ▁of ▁Health , ▁the ▁B BS RC , ▁and ▁the ▁German ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Education . ▁ ▁Development ▁team ▁ ▁C OP AS I ▁is ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁an ▁international ▁collaboration ▁between ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Manchester ▁( UK ), ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Heidel berg ▁( G erm any ), ▁and ▁the ▁Virginia ▁Bio in format ics ▁Institute ▁( USA ). ▁The ▁project ▁principal ▁investig ators ▁are ▁Pedro ▁M endes ▁and ▁Urs ula ▁K um mer . ▁The ▁chief ▁software ▁architect s ▁are ▁Stefan ▁Ho ops ▁and ▁S ven ▁Sah le . ▁ ▁Fe atures ▁ ▁C OP AS I ▁includes ▁features ▁to ▁define ▁models ▁of ▁bi ological ▁processes , ▁simulate ▁and ▁analyze ▁these ▁models , ▁generate ▁analysis ▁reports , ▁and ▁import / export ▁models ▁in ▁S B ML ▁format . ▁▁ ▁Model ▁definition : ▁ ▁Mod els ▁are ▁defined ▁as ▁chemical ▁re actions ▁between ▁mole cular ▁species . ▁The ▁dynamics ▁of ▁the ▁model ▁is ▁determined ▁by ▁R ate ▁law ▁associated ▁with ▁individual ▁re actions . ▁Mod els ▁can ▁also ▁include ▁compart ments , ▁events , ▁and ▁other ▁global ▁variables ▁that ▁can ▁help ▁specify ▁the ▁dynamics ▁of ▁the ▁system . ▁▁ ▁Task s : ▁Task s ▁are ▁different ▁types ▁of ▁analysis ▁that ▁can ▁be