Simulation methods with extended stability for stiff biochemical Kinetics

Background: With increasing computer power, simulating the dynamics of complex systems in chemistry and biology is becoming increasingly routine. The modelling of individual reactions in (bio)chemical systems involves a large number of random events that can be simulated by the stochastic simulation...

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Autores: Rue Queralt, Pau, Villà-Freixa, Jordi, Burrage, Kevin
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2010
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositório:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/10071
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/10071
https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-0509-4-110
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Biocomputers
Poisson τ-leap methods
Runge-Kutta (RK) τ-leap methods
Stiff biochemical Kinetics
Informàtica aplicada -- Medicina
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Aplicacions de la informàtica::Bioinformàtica
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spelling Simulation methods with extended stability for stiff biochemical KineticsRue Queralt, PauVillà-Freixa, JordiBurrage, KevinBiocomputersPoisson τ-leap methodsRunge-Kutta (RK) τ-leap methodsStiff biochemical KineticsInformàtica aplicada -- MedicinaÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Aplicacions de la informàtica::BioinformàticaBackground: With increasing computer power, simulating the dynamics of complex systems in chemistry and biology is becoming increasingly routine. The modelling of individual reactions in (bio)chemical systems involves a large number of random events that can be simulated by the stochastic simulation algorithm (SSA). The key quantity is the step size, or waiting time, τ, whose value inversely depends on the size of the propensities of the different channel reactions and which needs to be re-evaluated after every firing event. Such a discrete event simulation may be extremely expensive, in particular for stiff systems where τ can be very short due to the fast kinetics of some of the channel reactions. Several alternative methods have been put forward to increase the integration step size. The so-called τ-leap approach takes a larger step size by allowing all the reactions to fire, from a Poisson or Binomial distribution, within that step. Although the expected value for the different species in the reactive system is maintained with respect to more precise methods, the variance at steady state can suffer from large errors as τ grows. Results: In this paper we extend Poisson τ-leap methods to a general class of Runge-Kutta (RK) τ-leap methods. We show that with the proper selection of the coefficients, the variance of the extended τ-leap can be wellbehaved, leading to significantly larger step sizes. Conclusions: The benefit of adapting the extended method to the use of RK frameworks is clear in terms of speed of calculation, as the number of evaluations of the Poisson distribution is still one set per time step, as in the original τ-leap method. The approach paves the way to explore new multiscale methods to simulate (bio)chemical systems.Peer Reviewed20102010-08-1120102010-11-02journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/10071https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-0509-4-11020701766reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)InglésengEuropean Commission http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100011102 Seventh Framework Programme 223920 Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellenceopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/100712026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Simulation methods with extended stability for stiff biochemical Kinetics
title Simulation methods with extended stability for stiff biochemical Kinetics
spellingShingle Simulation methods with extended stability for stiff biochemical Kinetics
Rue Queralt, Pau
Biocomputers
Poisson τ-leap methods
Runge-Kutta (RK) τ-leap methods
Stiff biochemical Kinetics
Informàtica aplicada -- Medicina
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Aplicacions de la informàtica::Bioinformàtica
title_short Simulation methods with extended stability for stiff biochemical Kinetics
title_full Simulation methods with extended stability for stiff biochemical Kinetics
title_fullStr Simulation methods with extended stability for stiff biochemical Kinetics
title_full_unstemmed Simulation methods with extended stability for stiff biochemical Kinetics
title_sort Simulation methods with extended stability for stiff biochemical Kinetics
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rue Queralt, Pau
Villà-Freixa, Jordi
Burrage, Kevin
author Rue Queralt, Pau
author_facet Rue Queralt, Pau
Villà-Freixa, Jordi
Burrage, Kevin
author_role author
author2 Villà-Freixa, Jordi
Burrage, Kevin
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biocomputers
Poisson τ-leap methods
Runge-Kutta (RK) τ-leap methods
Stiff biochemical Kinetics
Informàtica aplicada -- Medicina
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Aplicacions de la informàtica::Bioinformàtica
topic Biocomputers
Poisson τ-leap methods
Runge-Kutta (RK) τ-leap methods
Stiff biochemical Kinetics
Informàtica aplicada -- Medicina
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Aplicacions de la informàtica::Bioinformàtica
description Background: With increasing computer power, simulating the dynamics of complex systems in chemistry and biology is becoming increasingly routine. The modelling of individual reactions in (bio)chemical systems involves a large number of random events that can be simulated by the stochastic simulation algorithm (SSA). The key quantity is the step size, or waiting time, τ, whose value inversely depends on the size of the propensities of the different channel reactions and which needs to be re-evaluated after every firing event. Such a discrete event simulation may be extremely expensive, in particular for stiff systems where τ can be very short due to the fast kinetics of some of the channel reactions. Several alternative methods have been put forward to increase the integration step size. The so-called τ-leap approach takes a larger step size by allowing all the reactions to fire, from a Poisson or Binomial distribution, within that step. Although the expected value for the different species in the reactive system is maintained with respect to more precise methods, the variance at steady state can suffer from large errors as τ grows. Results: In this paper we extend Poisson τ-leap methods to a general class of Runge-Kutta (RK) τ-leap methods. We show that with the proper selection of the coefficients, the variance of the extended τ-leap can be wellbehaved, leading to significantly larger step sizes. Conclusions: The benefit of adapting the extended method to the use of RK frameworks is clear in terms of speed of calculation, as the number of evaluations of the Poisson distribution is still one set per time step, as in the original τ-leap method. The approach paves the way to explore new multiscale methods to simulate (bio)chemical systems.
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