Control of Boolean networks: Hardness results and algorithms for tree structured networks

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 244, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 670-679

  Akutsu, Tatsuya ^a   Hayashida, Morihiro ^a   Ching, Wai Ki ^b   Ng, Michael K ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Boolean network; Control; Genetic network; NP hard; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; NETWORK ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROL STRATEGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LOGIC; MODELS, GENETIC; PROBABILITY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 33846424927     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.09.023     Document Type: Article

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