Splitting Nodes and Linking Channels: A Method for Assembling Biocircuits from Stochastic Elementary Units
Abstract
Akin to electric circuits, we construct biocircuits that are manipulated by cutting and assembling channels through which stochastic information flows. This diagrammatic manipulation allows us to create a method which constructs networks by joining building blocks selected so that (a) they cover only basic processes; (b) it is scalable to large networks; (c) the mean and variance-covariance from the Pauli master equation form a closed system and; (d) given the initial probability distribution, no special boundary conditions are necessary to solve the master equation. The method aims to help with both designing new synthetic signalling pathways and quantifying naturally existing regulatory networks.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1608.04287,
title = {Splitting Nodes and Linking Channels: A Method for Assembling Biocircuits from Stochastic Elementary Units},
author = {Cameron Ferwerda and Ovidiu Lipan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.04287},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Paper 8 pages with 10 figures; Supplemental Material 13 pages with 10 figures