@article{3a5b3050850942c98d58e34e7e77c67d,
title = "Symbolic dynamics of Boolean control networks",
abstract = "We consider Boolean control networks (BCNs), and in particular Boolean networks (BNs), in the framework of symbolic dynamics (SD). We show that the set of state-space trajectories of a BCN is a shift space of finite type (SFT). This observation allows us to extend two important analysis tools from SD, namely, the Artin-Mazur zeta function and the topological entropy, to BNs and BCNs. Some of the theoretical results are illustrated using a BCN model of the core network regulating the mammalian cell cycle.",
keywords = "Boolean control networks, Boolean networks, Switching net, Symbolic dynamics, Systems biology",
author = "Gal Hochma and Michael Margaliot and Ettore Fornasini and Valcher, {Maria Elena}",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to Dima Laschov for reading an earlier version of this paper and providing us with useful comments. We thank the anonymous reviewers and the AE for helpful comments. ",
year = "2013",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1016/j.automatica.2013.05.004",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "49",
pages = "2525--2530",
journal = "Automatica",
issn = "0005-1098",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd.",
number = "8",
}