An application of the Shapley value to the analysis of co-expression networks

We study the problem of identifying relevant genes in a co-expression network using a (cooperative) game theoretic approach. The Shapley value of a cooperative game is used to asses the relevance of each gene in interaction with the others, and to stress the role of nodes in the periphery of a co-ex...

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Autores: Cesari, Giulia, Algaba Durán, Encarnación, Moretti, Stefano, Nepomuceno Chamorro, Juan Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/87984
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/87984
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-018-0095-y
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Centrality
Co-expression networks
Cooperative game theory
Shapley value
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Sumario:We study the problem of identifying relevant genes in a co-expression network using a (cooperative) game theoretic approach. The Shapley value of a cooperative game is used to asses the relevance of each gene in interaction with the others, and to stress the role of nodes in the periphery of a co-expression network for the regulation of complex biological pathways of interest. An application of the method to the analysis of gene expression data from microarrays is presented, as well as a comparison with classical centrality indices. Finally, making further assumptions about the a priori importance of genes, we combine the game theoretic model with other techniques from cluster analysis.