Related papers: On fixable families of Boolean networks
The asynchronous automaton associated with a Boolean network $f:\{0,1\}^n\to\{0,1\}^n$ is considered in many applications. It is the finite deterministic automaton with set of states $\{0,1\}^n$, alphabet $\{1,\dots,n\}$, where the action…
The {\em asynchronous automaton} associated with a Boolean network $f:\{0,1\}^n\to\{0,1\}^n$, considered in many applications, is the finite deterministic automaton where the set of states is $\{0,1\}^n$, the alphabet is $[n]$, and the…
We prove that the fully asynchronous dynamics of a Boolean network $f:\{0,1\}^n\to\{0,1\}^n$ without negative loop can be simulated, in a very specific way, by a monotone Boolean network with $2n$ components. We then use this result to…
We are interested in fixed points in Boolean networks, {\em i.e.} functions $f$ from $\{0,1\}^n$ to itself. We define the subnetworks of $f$ as the restrictions of $f$ to the subcubes of $\{0,1\}^n$, and we characterizes a class…
In this paper, we are interested in the number of fixed points of functions $f:A^n\to A^n$ over a finite alphabet $A$ defined on a given signed digraph $D$. We first use techniques from network coding to derive some lower bounds on the…
A Boolean network is a mapping $f :\{0,1\}^n \to \{0,1\}^n$, which can be used to model networks of $n$ interacting entities, each having a local Boolean state that evolves over time according to a deterministic function of the current…
Boolean networks are special types of finite state time-discrete dynamical systems. A Boolean network can be described by a function from an n-dimensional vector space over the field of two elements to itself. A fundamental problem in…
We consider the problem of studying the simulation capabilities of the dynamics of arbitrary networks of finite states machines. In these models, each node of the network takes two states 0 (passive) and 1 (active). The states of the nodes…
Linear network coding transmits data through networks by letting the intermediate nodes combine the messages they receive and forward the combinations towards their destinations. The solvability problem asks whether the demands of all the…
A Boolean network is a finite dynamical system, whose variables take values from a binary set. The value update rule for each variable is a Boolean function, depending on a selected subset of variables. Boolean networks have been widely…
AND-OR networks are Boolean networks where each coordinate function is either the AND or OR logical operator. We study the number of fixed points of these Boolean networks in the case that they have a wiring diagram with chain topology. We…
Given a set $F$ of words, one associates to each word $w$ in $F$ an undirected graph, called its extension graph, and which describes the possible extensions of $w$ on the left and on the right. We investigate the family of sets of words…
The relationship between the properties of a dynamical system and the structure of its defining equations has long been studied in many contexts. Here we study this problem for the class of conjunctive (resp. disjunctive) Boolean networks,…
We are interested in the relationships between the number fixed points in a Boolean network $f:\{0,1\}^n\to\{0,1\}^n$ and its interaction graph, which is the arc-signed digraph $G$ on $\{1,\dots,n\}$ that describes the positive and negative…
An Automata Network is a map ${f:Q^n\rightarrow Q^n}$ where $Q$ is a finite alphabet. It can be viewed as a network of $n$ entities, each holding a state from $Q$, and evolving according to a deterministic synchronous update rule in such a…
A Boolean network is a function $f:\{0,1\}^n\to\{0,1\}^n$ from which several dynamics can be derived, depending on the context. The most classical ones are the synchronous and asynchronous dynamics. Both are digraphs on $\{0,1\}^n$, but the…
Boolean networks can be viewed as functions on the set of binary strings of a given length, described via logical rules. They were introduced as dynamic models into biology, in particular as logical models of intracellular regulatory…
We investigated the properties of Boolean networks that follow a given reliable trajectory in state space. A reliable trajectory is defined as a sequence of states which is independent of the order in which the nodes are updated. We…
A Boolean network (BN) with $n$ components is a discrete dynamical system described by the successive iterations of a function $f:\{0,1\}^n\to\{0,1\}^n$. In most applications, the main parameter is the interaction graph of $f$: the digraph…
Stability is an important characteristic of network models that has implications for other desirable aspects such as controllability. The stability of a Boolean network depends on various factors, such as the topology of its wiring diagram…