Sensitivity analysis of dynamic biological systems with time-delays.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mathematical modeling has been applied to the study and analysis of complex biological systems for a long time. Some processes in biological systems, such as the gene expression and feedback control in signal transduction networks, involve a time delay. These systems are represented as delay differential equation (DDE) models. Numerical sensitivity analysis of a DDE model by the direct method requires the solutions of model and sensitivity equations with time-delays. The major effort is the computation of Jacobian matrix when computing the solution of sensitivity equations. The computation of partial derivatives of complex equations either by the analytic method or by symbolic manipulation is time consuming, inconvenient, and prone to introduce human errors. To address t

SUBMITTER: Wu WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2957680 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature