Title
Inferring gene regulatory networks with partially known scale-free topology
Abstract
The problem of reverse-engineering the topology of interaction networks from time-course experimental data has received a considerable attention in the literature, due to the potential applications in the most diverse fields, comprising engineering, biology, economics and social sciences. An important insight was brought by the introduction of the concept of scale-free topology, whose implications have been widely discussed in literature over the last decade. The aim of this work is to investigate whether it is possible to improve the performances of an inference technique, based on dynamical linear systems and LMI-based optimization, by exploiting the same mechanisms that underpin scale-free networks generation, i.e. growth and preferential attachment (PA). The work is prominently concerned with applications in the biological domain, though the algorithm can be in principle adapted also to other frameworks. A statistical evaluation is performed, by using numerically simulated networks, showing that the growth and PA mechanisms actually improve the inference power of the considered technique.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2009
Control Conference
bioinformatics,genetics,inference mechanisms,linear matrix inequalities,network theory (graphs),numerical analysis,optimisation,reverse engineering,statistical analysis,topology,lmi-based optimization,pa mechanism,biological domain,dynamical linear systems,gene regulatory network inference,growth mechanism,inference power improvement,inference technique performances improvement,interaction network topology,numerically simulated networks,partially-known scale-free topology,preferential attachment mechanism,reverse-engineering,scale-free network generation,statistical evaluation,decision support systems,tin,network topology
Field
DocType
ISBN
Topology,Linear system,Inference,Decision support system,Network topology,Engineering,Gene regulatory network,Preferential attachment
Conference
978-3-9524173-9-3
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Amato, F.111.79
Carlo Cosentino238439.33
F. Montefusco3163.05