Home

Network Biology, 2013, 3(3): 97-105
[XML] [EndNote] [RefManager] [BibTex] [ Full PDF (187K)] [Comment Article]

Article

Controlling ecological and biological networks via evolutionary modelling

Alessandro Ferrarini
Department of Evolutionary and Functional Biology, University of Parma, Via G. Saragat 4, I-43100 Parma, Italy

Received 8 April 2013;Accepted 12 May 2013;Published online 1 September 2013
IAEES

Abstract
The controllability of network-like systems is a topical key-issue in many disciplines, including ecology and biology. It relies on the ability to guide a system's behaviour towards the desired state through the appropriate handling of a few input variables. To date, controllability of networks is based on the identification of the set of driver nodes that can guide the system's dynamics. I introduce here a new framework for the controllability of both network nodes and edges based on the use of evolutionary modelling, and provide an exemplification of its application.

Keywords edges control;genetic algorithms;network control;nodes control.



International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences. E-mail: office@iaees.org
Copyright © 2009-2024 International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences. All rights reserved.
Web administrator: office@iaees.org, website@iaees.org; Last modified: 2024/3/28


Translate page to: