Title
Setting Parameters For Biological Models With Animo
Abstract
ANIMO (Analysis of Networks with Interactive MOdeling) is a software for modeling biological networks, such as e.g. signaling, metabolic or gene networks. An ANIMO model is essentially the sum of a network topology and a number of interaction parameters. The topology describes the interactions between biological entities in form of a graph, while the parameters determine the speed of occurrence of such interactions.When a mismatch is observed between the behavior of an ANIMO model and experimental data, we want to update the model so that it explains the new data. In general, the topology of a model can be expanded with new (known or hypothetical) nodes, and enables it to match experimental data. However, the unrestrained addition of new parts to a model causes two problems: models can become too complex too fast, to the point of being intractable, and too many parts marked as "hypothetical" or "not known" make a model unrealistic. Even if changing the topology is normally the easier task, these problems push us to try a better parameter fit as a first step, and resort to modifying the model topology only as a last resource.In this paper we show the support added in ANIMO to ease the task of expanding the knowledge on biological networks, concentrating in particular on the parameter settings.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.4204/EPTCS.145.5
ELECTRONIC PROCEEDINGS IN THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE
Field
DocType
Issue
Graph,Computer science,Biological network,Network topology,Interactive modeling,Software,Artificial intelligence,Bioinformatics,Gene regulatory network,Machine learning
Journal
145
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2075-2180
4
0.43
References 
Authors
20
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stefano Schivo1101.25
Jetse Scholma2151.31
Marcel Karperien3151.31
Janine N. Post4161.93
Jaco Van De Pol5102278.19
Rom Langerak630839.16