scholarly journals Routes to Multiple Equilibria for Mass-Action Kinetic Systems

Complexity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Antonio A. Alonso ◽  
Irene Otero-Muras ◽  
Manuel Pájaro

In this work we explore two potential mechanisms inducing multiple equilibria for weakly reversible networks with mass-action kinetics. The study is performed on a class of polynomial dynamic systems that, under some mild assumptions, are able to accommodate in their state-space form weakly reversible mass-action kinetic networks. The contribution is twofold. We provide an explicit representation of the set of all positive equilibria attained by the system class in terms of a set of (positive parameter dependent) algebraic relations. With this in hand, we prove that deficiency-one networks can only admit multiple equilibria via folding of the equilibrium manifold, whereas a bifurcation leading to multiple branches is only possible in networks with deficiencies larger than one. Interestingly, some kinetic networks within this latter class are capable of sustaining multiple equilibria for any reaction simplex, as we illustrate with one example.

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (93) ◽  
pp. 20131100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Banda ◽  
Christof Teuscher ◽  
Darko Stefanovic

State-of-the-art biochemical systems for medical applications and chemical computing are application-specific and cannot be reprogrammed or trained once fabricated. The implementation of adaptive biochemical systems that would offer flexibility through programmability and autonomous adaptation faces major challenges because of the large number of required chemical species as well as the timing-sensitive feedback loops required for learning. In this paper, we begin addressing these challenges with a novel chemical perceptron that can solve all 14 linearly separable logic functions. The system performs asymmetric chemical arithmetic, learns through reinforcement and supports both Michaelis–Menten as well as mass-action kinetics. To enable cascading of the chemical perceptrons, we introduce thresholds that amplify the outputs. The simplicity of our model makes an actual wet implementation, in particular by DNA-strand displacement, possible.


Author(s):  
Julián Andres Gómez Gómez ◽  
Camilo E. Moncada Guayazán ◽  
Sebastián Roa Prada ◽  
Hernando Gonzalez Acevedo

Abstract Gimbals are mechatronic systems well known for their use in the stabilization of cameras which are under the effect of sudden movements. Gimbals help keeping cameras at previously defined fixed orientations, so that the captured images have the highest quality. This paper focuses on the design of a Linear Quadratic Gaussian, LQG, controller, based on the physical modeling of a commercial Gimbal with two degrees of freedom (2DOF), which is used for first-person applications in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This approach is proposed to make a more realistic representation of the system under study, since it guarantees high accuracy in the simulation of the dynamic response, as compared to the prediction of the mathematical model of the same system. The development of the model starts by sectioning the Gimbal into a series of interconnected links. Subsequently, a fixed reference system is assigned to each link body and the corresponding homogeneous transformation matrices are established, which will allow the calculation of the orientation of each link and the displacement of their centers of mass. Once the total kinetic and potential energy of the mechanical components are obtained, Lagrange’s method is utilized to establish the mathematical model of the mechanical structure of the Gimbal. The equations of motion of the system are then expressed in state space form, with two inputs, two outputs and four states, where the inputs are the torques produced by each one of the motors, the outputs are the orientation of the first two links, and the states are the aforementioned orientations along with their time derivatives. The state space model was implemented in MATLAB’s Simulink environment to compare its prediction of the transient response with the prediction obtained with the representation of the same system using MATLAB’s SimMechanics physical modelling interface. The mathematical model of each one of the three-phase Brushless DC motors is also expressed in state space form, where the three inputs of each motor model are the voltages of the corresponding motor phases, its two outputs are the angular position and angular velocity, and its four states are the currents in two of the phases, the orientation of the motor shaft and its rate of change. This model is experimentally validated by performing a switching sequence in both the simulation model and the physical system and observing that the transient response of the angular position of the motor shaft is in accordance with the theoretical model. The control system design process starts with the interconnection of the models of the mechanical components and the models of the Brushless DC Motor, using their corresponding state space representations. The resulting model features six inputs, two outputs and eight states. The inputs are the voltages in each phase of the two motors in the Gimbal, the outputs are the angular positions of the first two links, and the states are the currents in two of the phases for each motor and the orientations of the first two links, along with their corresponding time derivatives. An optimal LQG control system is designed using MATLAB’s dlqr and Kalman functions, which calculate the gains for the control system and the gains for the states estimated by the observer. The external excitation in each of the phases is carried out by pulse width modulation. Finally, the transient response of the overall system is evaluated for different reference points. The simulation results show very good agreement with the experimental measurements.


1986 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jukka Rantala

AbstractThis paper deals with experience rating of claims processes of ARIMA structures. By experience rating we mean that future premiums should be only a function of past values of the claims process. The main emphasis is on demonstrating the usefulness of the control-theoretical approach in the search for optimal rating rules. Optimality is here defined to mean as smooth a flow of premiums as possible when the variation in the accumulated profit is restricted to a certain amount. First it is shown how the underlying model in its simplest form can be transformed into the state-space form. Then the Kalman filter technique is used to find the optimal rules. Also a time delay in information is taken into account. The optimal rules are illustrated by examples.


2015 ◽  
Vol 370 (1675) ◽  
pp. 20140289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich D. Kadolsky ◽  
Andrew J. Yates

What effect does the spatial distribution of infected cells have on the efficiency of their removal by immune cells, such as cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL)? If infected cells spread in clusters, CTL may initially be slow to locate them but subsequently kill more rapidly than in diffuse infections. We address this question using stochastic, spatially explicit models of CTL interacting with different patterns of infection. Rather than the effector : target ratio, we show that the relevant quantity is the ratio of a CTL's expected time to locate its next target (search time) to the average time it spends conjugated with a target that it is killing (handling time). For inefficient (slow) CTL, when the search time is always limiting, the critical density of CTL (that required to control 50% of infections, C * ) is independent of the spatial distribution and derives from simple mass-action kinetics. For more efficient CTL such that handling time becomes limiting, mass-action underestimates C * , and the more clustered an infection the greater is C * . If CTL migrate chemotactically towards targets the converse holds— C * falls, and clustered infections are controlled most efficiently. Real infections are likely to spread patchily; this combined with even weak chemotaxis means that sterilizing immunity may be achieved with substantially lower numbers of CTL than standard models predict.


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