Entropy of complex relevant components of Boolean networks

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2007 Sep;76(3 Pt 2):036115. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.036115. Epub 2007 Sep 27.

Abstract

Boolean network models of strongly connected modules are capable of capturing the high regulatory complexity of many biological gene regulatory circuits. We study numerically the previously introduced basin entropy, a parameter for the dynamical uncertainty or information storage capacity of a network as well as the average transient time in random relevant components as a function of their connectivity. We also demonstrate that basin entropy can be estimated from time-series data and is therefore also applicable to nondeterministic networks models.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Entropy
  • Gene Expression Regulation / physiology*
  • Logistic Models
  • Models, Biological*
  • Models, Statistical
  • Proteome / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*

Substances

  • Proteome