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Computational procedures for optimal experimental design in biological systems
Balsa-Canto, Eva
Alonso, Antonio A.
Banga, Julio R.
10 páginas
Mathematical models of complex biological systems, such as metabolic or cell-signalling pathways, usually consist of sets of nonlinear ordinary differential equations which depend on several non-measurable parameters that can be hopefully estimated by fitting the model to experimental data. However, the success of this fitting is largely conditioned by the quantity and quality of data. Optimal experimental design (OED) aims to design the scheme of actuations and measurements which will result in data sets with the maximum amount and/or quality of information for the subsequent model calibration. New methods and computational procedures for OED in the context of biological systems are presented. The OED problem is formulated as a general dynamic optimisation problem where the time-dependent stimuli profiles, the location of sampling times, the duration of the experiments and the initial conditions are regarded as design variables. Its solution is approached using the control vector parameterisation method. Since the resultant nonlinear optimisation problem is in most of the cases non-convex, the use of a robust global nonlinear programming solver is proposed. For the sake of comparing among different experimental schemes, a Monte-Carlo-based identifiability analysis is then suggested. The applicability and advantages of the proposed techniques are illustrated by considering an example related to a cell-signalling pathway
2012-08-29T11:19:39Z
2012-08-29T11:19:39Z
2008
artículo
Systems Biology 2(4): 163-172 (2008)
1741-2471
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/55227
10.1049/iet-syb:20070069
eng
http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-syb:20070069
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Institution of Engineering and Technology