Genetic network models: a comparative study

Eugene P. van Someren; Lodewyk F. A. Wessels; Marcel J. T. Reinders

doi:10.1117/12.427994

4 June 2001 Genetic network models: a comparative study

Eugene P. van Someren, Lodewyk F. A. Wessels, Marcel J. T. Reinders

Proceedings Volume 4266, Microarrays: Optical Technologies and Informatics; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.427994
Event: BiOS 2001 The International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Currently, the need arises for tools capable of unraveling the functionality of genes based on the analysis of microarray measurements. Modeling genetic interactions by means of genetic network models provides a methodology to infer functional relationships between genes. Although a wide variety of different models have been introduced so far, it remains, in general, unclear what the strengths and weaknesses of each of these approaches are and where these models overlap and differ. This paper compares different genetic modeling approaches that attempt to extract the gene regulation matrix from expression data. A taxonomy of continuous genetic network models is proposed and the following important characteristics are suggested and employed to compare the models: inferential power; predictive power; robustness; consistency; stability and computational cost. Where possible, synthetic time series data are employed to investigate some of these properties. The comparison shows that although genetic network modeling might provide valuable information regarding genetic interactions, current models show disappointing results on simple artificial problems. For now, the simplest models are favored because they generalize better, but more complex models will probably prevail once their bias is more thoroughly understood and their variance is better controlled.

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Eugene P. van Someren, Lodewyk F. A. Wessels, and Marcel J. T. Reinders "Genetic network models: a comparative study", Proc. SPIE 4266, Microarrays: Optical Technologies and Informatics, (4 June 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.427994

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