Title
Maximizing output and recognizing autocatalysis in chemical reaction networks is NP-complete
Abstract
A classical problem in metabolic design is to maximize the production of a desired compound in a given chemical reaction network by appropriately directing the mass flow through the network. Computationally, this problem is addressed as a linear optimization problem over the flux cone. The prior construction of the flux cone is computationally expensive and no polynomial-time algorithms are known.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1186/1759-2208-3-1
Journal of Systems Chemistry
Keywords
Field
DocType
optimization problem,linear optimization,metabolic network,discrete mathematics
Mathematical optimization,NP-complete,Polynomial,Organic chemistry,Chemistry,Metabolic network,Chemical reaction,Stereochemistry,Mass flow,Optimization problem,Autocatalysis,Flux balance analysis
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
3
1
1759-2208
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.81
14
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jakob L. Andersen1225.93
Christoph Flamm237431.28
Daniel Merkle3317.73
Peter F. Stadler425662.77