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$S$-Leaping: An adaptive, accelerated stochastic simulation algorithm, bridging $\tau$-leaping and $R$-leaping

Probability 2018-07-02 v3 Molecular Networks

Abstract

We propose the SS-leaping algorithm for the acceleration of Gillespie's stochastic simulation algorithm that combines the advantages of the two main accelerated methods; the τ\tau-leaping and RR-leaping algorithms. These algorithms are known to be efficient under different conditions; the τ\tau-leaping is efficient for non-stiff systems or systems with partial equilibrium, while the RR-leaping performs better in stiff system thanks to an efficient sampling procedure. However, even a small change in a system's set up can critically affect the nature of the simulated system and thus reduce the efficiency of an accelerated algorithm. The proposed algorithm combines the efficient time step selection from the τ\tau-leaping with the effective sampling procedure from the RR-leaping algorithm. The SS-leaping is shown to maintain its efficiency under different conditions and in the case of large and stiff systems or systems with fast dynamics, the SS-leaping outperforms both methods. We demonstrate the performance and the accuracy of the SS-leaping in comparison with the τ\tau-leaping and RR-leaping on a number of benchmark systems involving biological reaction networks.

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@article{arxiv.1802.00296,
  title  = {$S$-Leaping: An adaptive, accelerated stochastic simulation algorithm, bridging $\tau$-leaping and $R$-leaping},
  author = {Jana Lipková and Georgios Arampatzis and Philippe Chatelain and Bjoern Menze and Petros Koumoutsakos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.00296},
  year   = {2018}
}
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