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Structure and behavior in Boolean monotonic model pools.

Robert Schwieger¹, Heike Siebert¹

¹Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, FU Berlin, Arnimallee 7, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.

|February 5, 2022

Summary

This study introduces a novel method to analyze Boolean networks by grouping consistent states into a quotient graph. This efficient approach reveals network dynamics without analyzing individual models, aiding in uncertainty modeling.

Keywords:

Boolean networks Discrete dynamical systems Genetic regulation Interaction graph Regulatory networks

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Area of Science:

Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Theoretical Computer Science

Background:

Discrete regulatory networks, particularly Boolean networks, pose theoretical challenges in predicting dynamics from structural descriptions.
Existing methods often focus on specific conjectures or algorithmic model checking for network properties.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the dynamics of a pool of Boolean networks consistent with a given interaction graph.
To develop an efficient method for analyzing network dynamics without enumerating all possible models.

Main Methods:

Derived an equivalence relation by grouping states with consistent updates across the network pool.
Analyzed a quotient graph on the state space representing the collective dynamics.
Developed an efficient algorithm to compute this quotient graph.

Main Results:

The quotient graph effectively captures the dynamics of the entire pool of Boolean networks.
The proposed method computes this graph efficiently, avoiding exhaustive analysis of individual network functions.
This approach is applicable to scenarios involving modeling under uncertainty.

Conclusions:

The developed quotient graph method provides a computationally efficient way to understand Boolean network dynamics from structural constraints.
This work offers new possibilities for analyzing complex biological systems and modeling under uncertainty.