Journal
AUTOMATICA
Volume 44, Issue 9, Pages 2326-2332Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2007.12.019
Keywords
gene network models; piecewise-affine systems; qualitative control
Funding
- European Commission [Hygeia Nest-004995]
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This article introduces results on the control of gene networks, in the context of piecewise-affine models. We propose an extension of this well-documented class of models, where some input variables can affect the main terms of the equations, with a special focus on the case of affine dependence on inputs. Some generic control problems are proposed, which are qualitative, respecting the coarse-grained nature of piecewise-affine models. Piecewise constant feedback laws that solve these control problems are characterized in terms of affine inequalities, and can even be computed explicitly for a subclass of inputs. The latter is characterized by the condition that each state variable of the system is affected by at most one input variable. These general feedback laws are then applied to a two-dimensional example, consisting in two genes inhibiting each other. This example has been observed in real biological systems, and is known to present a bistable switch for some parameter values. Here, the parameters can be controlled, allowing to express feedback laws leading to various behaviours of this system, including bi-stability as well as situations involving a unique global equilibrium. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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