Sîrbu, Alina, Crane, Martin ORCID: 0000-0001-7598-3126 and Ruskin, Heather J. ORCID: 0000-0001-7101-2242 (2013) EGIA–evolutionary optimisation of gene regulatory networks, an integrative approach. In: 5th Workshop on Complex Networks - CompleNet 2014, 12-14 Mar 2014, Bologna, Italy. ISBN 978-3-319-05400-1
Abstract
Quantitative modelling of gene regulatory networks (GRNs)
is still limited by data issues such as noise and the restricted length of available time series, creating an under-determination problem. However, large amounts of other types of biological data and knowledge are available, such as knockout experiments, annotations and so on, and it
has been postulated that integration of these can improve model quality. However, integration has not been fully explored, to date. Here, we present a novel integrative framework for different types of data that aims
to enhance model inference. This is based on evolutionary computation and uses different types of knowledge to introduce a novel customised initialisation and mutation operator and complex evaluation criteria, used
to distinguish between candidate models. Specifically, the algorithm uses information from (i) knockout experiments, (ii) annotations of transcription factors, (iii) binding site motifs (expressed as position weight matrices) and (iv) DNA sequence of gene promoters, to drive the algorithm
towards more plausible network structures. Further, the evaluation basis is also extended to include structure information included in these additional data. This framework is applied to both synthetic and real
gene expression data. Models obtained by data integration display both quantitative and qualitative improvement.
Metadata
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Event Type: | Conference |
Refereed: | Yes |
Additional Information: | Corresponding Author: Alina Sırbu, Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation, Turin, Italy, alina.sirbu@isi.it, and SCI-SYM, DCU |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Gene Regulatory Networks (GRNs); Noise; Time Series |
Subjects: | Biological Sciences > Bioinformatics Computer Science > Machine learning Computer Science > Artificial intelligence Physical Sciences > Statistical physics Computer Science > Computer simulation |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | Research Initiatives and Centres > Scientific Computing and Complex Systems Modelling (Sci-Sym) DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing |
Published in: | Complex Networks V. Studies in Computational Intelligence 549. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-05400-1 |
Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
Official URL: | http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-3... |
Copyright Information: | © 2014 Springer The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com |
Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
Funders: | IRCSET EMBARK Programme, EU RD contract IST-265432. |
ID Code: | 19946 |
Deposited On: | 15 May 2014 10:09 by Martin Crane . Last Modified 03 Oct 2018 11:19 |
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