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In the modeling of biological systems by Boolean networks a key problem is finding the set of fixed points of a given network. Some constructed algorithms consider certain structural properties of the interaction graph like those proposed…
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The inference of gene predictors in the gene regulatory network has become an important research area in the genomics and medical disciplines. Accurate predicators are necessary for constructing the GRN model and to enable targeted…
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Answer Set Programming (ASP) is a truly-declarative programming paradigm proposed in the area of non-monotonic reasoning and logic programming, that has been recently employed in many applications. The development of efficient ASP systems…
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