Qualitative modelling and analysis of regulations in multi-cellular systems using Petri nets and topological collections

Autor: Jean-Louis Giavitto, Hanna Klaudel, Franck Pommereau
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, Vol 40, Iss Proc. MeCBIC 2010, Pp 162-177 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-2180
DOI: 10.4204/EPTCS.40.11
Popis: In this paper, we aim at modelling and analyzing the regulation processes in multi-cellular biological systems, in particular tissues. The modelling framework is based on interconnected logical regulatory networks a la Rene Thomas equipped with information about their spatial relationships. The semantics of such models is expressed through colored Petri nets to implement regulation rules, combined with topological collections to implement the spatial information. Some constraints are put on the the representation of spatial information in order to preserve the possibility of an enumerative and exhaustive state space exploration. This paper presents the modelling framework, its semantics, as well as a prototype implementation that allowed preliminary experimentation on some applications.
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