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Minimal Controllability of Conjunctive Boolean Networks is NP-Complete

Data Structures and Algorithms 2020-06-09 v1 Computational Complexity Systems and Control Optimization and Control Molecular Networks

Abstract

Given a conjunctive Boolean network (CBN) with nn state-variables, we consider the problem of finding a minimal set of state-variables to directly affect with an input so that the resulting conjunctive Boolean control network (CBCN) is controllable. We give a necessary and sufficient condition for controllability of a CBCN; an O(n2)O(n^2)-time algorithm for testing controllability; and prove that nonetheless the minimal controllability problem for CBNs is NP-hard.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1704.07291,
  title  = {Minimal Controllability of Conjunctive Boolean Networks is NP-Complete},
  author = {Eyal Weiss and Michael Margaliot and Guy Even},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.07291},
  year   = {2020}
}
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