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A diversity of models
A wide variety of formalisms for modelling genetic regulatory networks (GRNs) have been proposed. Before reviewing several important models in detail, this section provides a high level introduction to the field. It is important to note that the choice of an appropriate modelling formalism is very dependant on the aim of a study. This section begins describes the main ways in which modelling formalisms differ, the dynamic system concepts used to frame models, and some of the different goals that motivate GRN modelling.
Subsections
- Why build models?
- Complex systems and systems biology
- Key features of dynamic systems
- Logical, continuous and stochastic models
- Different motivations for building models
- Crafted models of specific systems
- Phenomenological models of biological mechanisms
- General models of classes of networks
- Network models inferred from experimental data
- Further reading
Nic Geard 2004-05-06