Dynamical complexity of discrete-time regulatory networks

@article{Lima2005DynamicalCO,
  title={Dynamical complexity of discrete-time regulatory networks},
  author={Ricardo Lima and Edgardo Ugalde},
  journal={Nonlinearity},
  year={2005},
  volume={19},
  pages={237 - 259}
}
Genetic regulatory networks are usually modelled by systems of coupled differential equations, and more particularly by systems of piecewise affine differential equations. Finite state models, better known as logical networks, are also used. In this paper we present a class of models of regulatory networks which may be situated in the middle of the spectrum; they present both discrete and continuous aspects. They consist of a network of units, whose states are quantified by a continuous real… 
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