Improved Bayesian Network inference using relaxed gene ordering
by Dongxiao Zhu, Hua Li
International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics (IJDMB), Vol. 4, No. 1, 2010

Abstract: Bayesian Networks (BNs) have become one of the most powerful means of reconstructing signalling pathways in silico. Excessive computational loads limit the applications of BNs to learn larger sized network structures. Recent bioinformatics research found that signalling pathways are likely hierarchically organised. Genes resident in hierarchical layers constitute biological constraint, which can be readily used by BN structural learning algorithms to substantially reduce the computational load. We propose a constrained BN structural learning algorithm that solves the NP-complete computational problem in a heuristic manner. We demonstrate the utility of our algorithm in constructing two important signalling pathways in S. cerevisiae.

Online publication date: Thu, 14-Jan-2010

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