Title
Complexity of automated gene annotation.
Abstract
Integration of high-throughput data with functional annotation by graph-theoretic methods has been postulated as promising way to unravel the function of unannotated genes. Here, we first review the existing graph-theoretic approaches for automated gene function annotation and classify them into two categories with respect to their relation to two instances of transductive learning on networks - with dynamic costs and with constant costs - depending on whether or not ontological relationship between functional terms is employed. The determined categories allow to characterize the computational complexity of the existing approaches and establish the relation to classical graph-theoretic problems, such as bisection and multiway cut. In addition, our results point out that the ontological form of the structured functional knowledge does not lower the complexity of the transductive learning with dynamic costs - one of the key problems in modern systems biology. The NP-hardness of automated gene annotation renders the development of heuristic or approximation algorithms a priority for additional research. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1016/j.biosystems.2010.12.003
Biosystems
Keywords
Field
DocType
Complexity,Gene function prediction,External structural measures,Transductive learning
Transduction (machine learning),Approximation algorithm,Ontology,Heuristic,Annotation,Systems biology,Artificial intelligence,Machine learning,Gene Annotation,Mathematics,Computational complexity theory
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
104
1
0303-2647
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
21
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zoran Nikoloski131427.59
Sergio Grimbs2143.68
Sebastian Klie3215.81
Joachim Selbig477293.34