Attractors in continuous and Boolean networks
摘要
We study the stable attractors of a class of continuous dynamical systems that may be idealized as networks of Boolean elements, with the goal of determining which Boolean attractors, if any, are good approximations of the attractors of generic continuous systems. We investigate the dynamics in simple rings and rings with one additional self-input. An analysis of switching characteristics and pulse propagation explains the relation between attractors of the continuous systems and their Boolean approximations. For simple rings, "reliable" Boolean attractors correspond to stable continuous attractors. For networks with more complex logic, the qualitative features of continuous attractors are influenced by inherently non-Boolean characteristics of switching events.
引用
@article{arxiv.q-bio/0701052,
title = {Attractors in continuous and Boolean networks},
author = {Johannes Norrell and Björn Samuelsson and Joshua E. S. Socolar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:q-bio/0701052},
year = {2009}
}
备注
Revised and extended version. The methods section from version 2 is now an appendix and another appendix has been added. Submitted to PRE