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Boolean network — Wikipedia (en)

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A Boolean network consists of a discrete set of Boolean variables each of which has a Boolean function (possibly different for each variable) assigned to it which takes inputs from a subset of those variables and output that determines the state of the variable it is assigned to. This set of functions in effect determines a topology (connectivity) on the set of variables, which then become nodes in a network. Usually, the dynamics of the system is taken as a discrete time series where the state of the entire network at time t+1 is determined by evaluating each variable's function on the state of the network at time t. This may be done synchronously or asynchronously. Boolean networks have been used in biology to model regulatory networks. Although Boolean networks are a crude simplification of genetic reality where genes are not simple binary switches, there are several cases where they correctly convey the correct pattern of expressed and suppressed genes. The seemingly mathematical easy (synchronous) model was only fully understood in the mid 2000s.

Tema degli esploratori: fisica e astronomia (deposito sistematico; categoria «Statistical mechanics»).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Boolean network» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_network
Wikidata Q585230: «discrete set of boolean variables» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q585230
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_network?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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