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We introduce two new qualitative dynamics semantics for Systems Biology Graphical Notation Process Description language (SBGN-PD) networks. These semantics enable scalable analysis of complex biological networks, aiding in understanding system dynamics and validating models against biological knowledge.

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  • Systems Biology
  • Computational Biology
  • Network Dynamics

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  • Qualitative dynamics semantics offer coarse-grained modeling of network dynamics by abstracting kinetic parameters.
  • They capture essential system features like attractors and reachability, enabling scalable analyses.
  • The Systems Biology Graphical Notation Process Description language (SBGN-PD) is a standard for reaction networks, but lacks comprehensive qualitative dynamics semantics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose novel qualitative dynamics semantics for SBGN-PD reaction networks.
  • To formalize these semantics using asynchronous automata networks.
  • To enable scalable analysis and validation of complex biological network models.

Main Methods:

  • Formalization of two qualitative dynamics semantics: general semantics and stories semantics.
  • Utilizing asynchronous automata networks for formalization.
  • Application to a large-scale cell cycle regulation network (RB/E2F).

Main Results:

  • The general semantics extend standard Boolean semantics to encompass all major SBGN-PD features.
  • The stories semantics allow modeling multiple network molecules with a single variable, reducing model dimension.
  • The framework facilitates checking qualitative models against dynamical properties for biological validation.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed semantics offer a direct formalization of SBGN-PD networks into analyzable qualitative dynamical models.
  • Stories semantics reduce model dimensionality and prune spurious behaviors by enforcing mutual exclusivity.
  • These qualitative semantics efficiently capture key dynamical features of reaction network models for further refinement.