TROJÁK, Matej, David ŠAFRÁNEK, Lukrécia MERTOVÁ and Luboš BRIM. Executable Biochemical Space for Specification and Analysis of Biochemical Systems. PLOS ONE. Public Library of Science, 2020, vol. 15, No 9, p. 1-23, 24 pp. ISSN 1932-6203. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238838.
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Original name Executable Biochemical Space for Specification and Analysis of Biochemical Systems
Authors TROJÁK, Matej (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), David ŠAFRÁNEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Lukrécia MERTOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution) and Luboš BRIM (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, 2020, 1932-6203.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10201 Computer sciences, information science, bioinformatics
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 3.240
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14330/20:00114304
Organization unit Faculty of Informatics
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238838
UT WoS 000571887500085
Keywords in English rule-based; modelling; static analysis
Tags Formal Methods, rule-based specification, systems biology
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: RNDr. Pavel Šmerk, Ph.D., učo 3880. Changed: 29/4/2021 08:02.
Abstract
Computational systems biology provides multiple formalisms for modelling of biochemical processes among which the rule-based approach is one of the most suitable. Its main advantage is a compact and precise mechanistic description of complex processes. However, state-of-the-art rule-based languages still suffer several shortcomings that limit their use in practice. In particular, the elementary (low-level) syntax and semantics of rule-based languages complicate model construction and maintenance for users outside computer science. On the other hand, mathematical models based on differential equations (ODEs) still make the most typical used modelling framework. In consequence, robust re-interpretation and integration of models are difficult, thus making the systems biology paradigm technically challenging. Though several high-level languages have been developed at the top of rule-based principles, none of them provides a satisfactory and complete solution for semi-automated description and annotation of heterogeneous biophysical processes integrated at the cellular level. We present the second generation of a rule-based language called Biochemical Space Language (BCSL) that combines the advantages of different approaches and thus makes an effort to overcome several problems of existing solutions. BCSL relies on the formal basis of the rule-based methodology while preserving user-friendly syntax of plain chemical equations. BCSL combines the following aspects: the level of abstraction that hides structural and quantitative details but yet gives a precise mechanistic view of systems dynamics; executable semantics allowing formal analysis and consistency checking at the level of the language; universality allowing the integration of different biochemical mechanisms; scalability and compactness of the specification; hierarchical specification and composability of chemical entities; and support for genome-scale annotation.
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GA18-00178S, research and development projectName: Diskrétní bifurkační analýza reaktivních systémů
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
MUNI/A/0945/2015, interní kód MUName: Rozsáhlé výpočetní systémy: modely, aplikace a verifikace V.
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
MUNI/A/1050/2019, interní kód MUName: Rozsáhlé výpočetní systémy: modely, aplikace a verifikace IX (Acronym: SV-FI MAV IX)
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
MUNI/A/1076/2019, interní kód MUName: Zapojení studentů Fakulty informatiky do mezinárodní vědecké komunity 20 (Acronym: SKOMU)
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
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