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[A method for solution of the multi-objective inverse problems under uncertainty]
Abstract:
We describe a method to solve multi-objective inverse problems under uncertainty. The method was tested on non-linear models of dynamic series and population dynamics, as well as on the spatiotemporal model of gene expression in terms of non-linear differential equations. We consider how to identify model parameters when experimental data contain additive noise and measurements are performed in discrete time points. We formulate the multi-objective problem of optimization under uncertainty. In addition to a criterion of least squares difference we applied a criterion which is based on the integral of trajectories of the system spatiotemporal dynamics, as well as a heuristic criterion CHAOS based on the decision tree method. The optimization problem is formulated using a fuzzy statement and is constrained by penalty functions based on the normalized membership functions of a fuzzy set of model solutions. This allows us to reconstruct the expression pattern of hairy gene in Drosophila even-skipped mutants that is in good agreement with experimental data. The reproducibility of obtained results is confirmed by solution of inverse problems using different global optimization methods with heuristic strategies.
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