Updating Schemes in Random {Boolean} Networks: Do They Really Matter?

TitleUpdating Schemes in Random {Boolean} Networks: Do They Really Matter?
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2004
AuthorsGershenson, C
EditorPollack, J, Bedau, M, Husbands, P, Ikegami, T, Watson, RA
Conference NameArtificial Life {IX} Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems
PublisherMIT Press
Abstract

In this paper we try to end the debate concerning the suitability of different updating schemes in random Boolean networks (RBNs). We quantify for the first time loose attractors in asyncrhonous RBNs, which allows us to analyze the complexity reduction related to different updating schemes. We also report that all updating schemes yield very similar critical stability values, meaning that the "edge of chaos" does not depend much on the updating scheme. After discussion, we conclude that synchonous RBNs are justifiable theoretical models of biological networks.

URLhttp://arxiv.org/abs/nlin.AO/0402006