##  [Flux Balance Analysis](/index.php/flux-balance-analysis) 

  ##  [Flux Balance Analysis](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/flux-balance-analysis-0) 

  

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Definition

A constraint-based stoichiometric modeling method for genome-scale metabolic networks that computes steady-state flux distributions by imposing mass-balance constraints and optimizing an objective function (e.g., growth rate or ATP production).