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On circuit functionality in Boolean networks
Jean-Paul Comet1, Mathilde Noual, Adrien Richard
1Lab. I3S UMR CNRS 7271, Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, 2000 Route des Lucioles, 06903 Sophia Antipolis, France. comet@unice.fr
Abstract:
It has been proved, for several classes of continuous and discrete dynamical systems, that the presence of a positive (resp. negative) circuit in the interaction graph of a system is a necessary condition for the presence of multiple stable states (resp. a cyclic attractor). A positive (resp. negative) circuit is said to be functional when it "generates" several stable states (resp. a cyclic attractor). However, there are no definite mathematical frameworks translating the underlying meaning of "generates." Focusing on Boolean networks, we recall and propose some definitions concerning the notion of functionality along with associated mathematical results.
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