Modeling Biological Networks by Action Languages via Answer Set Programming

  • Authors:
  • Steve Dworschak;Susanne Grell;Victoria J. Nikiforova;Torsten Schaub;Joachim Selbig

  • Affiliations:
  • Institut für Informatik, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany 14482;Institut für Informatik, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany 14482 and Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam, Germany 14424;Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam, Germany 14424 and Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia 127276;Institut für Informatik, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany 14482;Institut für Informatik, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany 14482 and Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam, Germany 14424 and Institut für Biologi ...

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  • 2008

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Abstract

We describe an approach to modeling biological networks by action languages via answer set programming. To this end, we propose an action language for modeling biological networks, building on previous work by Baral et al. We introduce its syntax and semantics along with a translation into answer set programming, an efficient Boolean Constraint Programming Paradigm. Finally, we describe one of its applications, namely, the sulfur starvation response-pathway of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and sketch the functionality of our system and its usage.