influx_s: increasing numerical stability and precision for metabolic flux analysis in isotope labelling experiments
Author(s) -
Sergueï Sokol,
Pierre Millard,
JeanCharles Portais
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr716
Subject(s) - software , computer science , stability (learning theory) , algorithm , simulated annealing , convergence (economics) , flux (metallurgy) , labelling , software package , mathematical optimization , mathematics , machine learning , chemistry , organic chemistry , economics , programming language , economic growth , biochemistry
The problem of stationary metabolic flux analysis based on isotope labelling experiments first appeared in the early 1950s and was basically solved in early 2000s. Several algorithms and software packages are available for this problem. However, the generic stochastic algorithms (simulated annealing or evolution algorithms) currently used in these software require a lot of time to achieve acceptable precision. For deterministic algorithms, a common drawback is the lack of convergence stability for ill-conditioned systems or when started from a random point.
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