High-Performance Symbolic Parameter Synthesis of Biological Models: A Case Study

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Authors

DEMKO Martin BENEŠ Nikola BRIM Luboš PASTVA Samuel ŠAFRÁNEK David

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Computational Methods in Systems Biology. CMSB 2016.
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Faculty of Informatics

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45177-0_6
Field Informatics
Keywords model checking; systems biology; Computational Tree Logic; dynamical systems; distributed algorithms
Description Complex behaviour arising in biological systems is described by highly parameterised dynamical models. Most of the parameters are mutually dependent and therefore it is hard and computationally demanding to find admissible parameter values with respect to hypothesised constraints and wet-lab measurements. Recently, we have developed several high-performance techniques for parameter synthesis that are based on parallel coloured model checking. These methods allow to obtain parameter values that guarantee satisfaction of a given set of dynamical properties and parameter constraints. In this paper, we review the applicability of our techniques in the context of biological systems. In particular, we provide an extended analysis of a genetic switch controlling the regulation in mammalian cell cycle phase transition and a synthetic pathway for biodegradation of a toxic pollutant in E. coli.
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