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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: The behaviour of gene regulatory networks (GRNs) is typically analysed using
simulation-based statistical testing-like methods. In this paper, we demonstrate
that we can replace this approach by a formal verification-like method that gives
higher assurance and scalability. We focus on Wagner’s weighted GRN model with
varying weights, which is used in evolutionary biology. In the model, weight parameters
represent the gene interaction strength that may change due to genetic mutations.
For a property of interest, we synthesise the constraints over the parameter space
that represent the set of GRNs satisfying the property. We experimentally show
that our parameter synthesis procedure computes the mutational robustness of GRNs
–an important problem of interest in evolutionary biology– more efficiently than
the classical simulation method. We specify the property in linear temporal logics.
We employ symbolic bounded model checking and SMT solving to compute the space
of GRNs that satisfy the property, which amounts to synthesizing a set of linear
constraints on the weights.
acknowledgement: "SNSF Early Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship, the grant number P2EZP2
148797.\r\n"
alternative_title:
- LNCS
author:
- first_name: Mirco
full_name: Giacobbe, Mirco
id: 3444EA5E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Giacobbe
orcid: 0000-0001-8180-0904
- first_name: Calin C
full_name: Guet, Calin C
id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Guet
orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052
- first_name: Ashutosh
full_name: Gupta, Ashutosh
id: 335E5684-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Gupta
- first_name: Thomas A
full_name: Henzinger, Thomas A
id: 40876CD8-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Henzinger
orcid: 0000−0002−2985−7724
- first_name: Tiago
full_name: Paixao, Tiago
id: 2C5658E6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Paixao
orcid: 0000-0003-2361-3953
- first_name: Tatjana
full_name: Petrov, Tatjana
id: 3D5811FC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Petrov
orcid: 0000-0002-9041-0905
citation:
ama: Giacobbe M, Guet CC, Gupta A, Henzinger TA, Paixao T, Petrov T. Model checking
gene regulatory networks. 2015;9035:469-483. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-46681-0_47
apa: 'Giacobbe, M., Guet, C. C., Gupta, A., Henzinger, T. A., Paixao, T., &
Petrov, T. (2015). Model checking gene regulatory networks. Presented at the TACAS:
Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, London, United
Kingdom: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46681-0_47'
chicago: Giacobbe, Mirco, Calin C Guet, Ashutosh Gupta, Thomas A Henzinger, Tiago
Paixao, and Tatjana Petrov. “Model Checking Gene Regulatory Networks.” Lecture
Notes in Computer Science. Springer, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46681-0_47.
ieee: M. Giacobbe, C. C. Guet, A. Gupta, T. A. Henzinger, T. Paixao, and T. Petrov,
“Model checking gene regulatory networks,” vol. 9035. Springer, pp. 469–483, 2015.
ista: Giacobbe M, Guet CC, Gupta A, Henzinger TA, Paixao T, Petrov T. 2015. Model
checking gene regulatory networks. 9035, 469–483.
mla: Giacobbe, Mirco, et al. Model Checking Gene Regulatory Networks. Vol.
9035, Springer, 2015, pp. 469–83, doi:10.1007/978-3-662-46681-0_47.
short: M. Giacobbe, C.C. Guet, A. Gupta, T.A. Henzinger, T. Paixao, T. Petrov, 9035
(2015) 469–483.
conference:
end_date: 2015-04-18
location: London, United Kingdom
name: 'TACAS: Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems'
start_date: 2015-04-11
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:54:16Z
date_published: 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-09-20T11:06:03Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: ToHe
- _id: CaGu
- _id: NiBa
doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-46681-0_47
ec_funded: 1
intvolume: ' 9035'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.7704
month: '04'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 469 - 483
project:
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call_identifier: FP7
grant_number: '267989'
name: Quantitative Reactive Modeling
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call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: S 11407_N23
name: Rigorous Systems Engineering
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call_identifier: FWF
grant_number: Z211
name: The Wittgenstein Prize
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call_identifier: FP7
grant_number: '618091'
name: Speed of Adaptation in Population Genetics and Evolutionary Computation
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call_identifier: FP7
grant_number: '250152'
name: Limits to selection in biology and in evolutionary computation
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call_identifier: FP7
grant_number: '291734'
name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer
publist_id: '5267'
quality_controlled: '1'
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