Procedure for Defining Spatially Variable Decay Rates

The steps required to create a spatially variable Decay Rate are outlined below. The procedure would be identical for creating spatially variable Stoichiometries.

1. Identify the pathway(s) and/or Source(s) which will utilize spatially variable decay rates.
2. Localize An action that you can apply to a Container that creates a separate scope for the elements in that Container. the Containers that those pathways/Sources are located in.
3. Create a clone of the Species The chemical (or non-chemical, such as bacterial or viral) constituents that are stored and transported through an environmental system in a contaminant transport model. In GoldSim, the Species element defines all of the contaminant species being simulated (and their properties). element in each of those localized Containers. (Note that unlike most other elements in GoldSim, all clones Sets of elements whose properties change simultaneously when any one member of the set is edited. of the Species element are forced to have the same ID. As a result, Species clones must be placed in localized Containers).
4. Insert elements defining the spatially variable decay rates in each localized Container An element that acts like a "box" or a "folder" into which other elements can be placed. It can be used to create hierarchical models., and link them to each local Species clone. Note that these elements must have the same name (since they are referenced by a cloned Species element), but they themselves should not be clones.