TY  - INPR
N2  - We study chemical reaction networks (CRNs) as a kernel language for concurrency models with semantics based on ordinary differential equations. We investigate the problem of comparing two CRNs,i.e., to  decide  whether  the  trajectories  of  asource CRN  can  be matched  by  a target CRN  under  an  appropriate  choice  of  initial conditions. Using a categorical framework, we extend and relate model-comparison approaches based on structural (syntactic) and on dynamical (semantic) properties of a CRN, proving their equivalence. Then, we provide an algorithm to compare CRNs, running linearly in time with respect to the cardinality of all possible comparisons. Finally, we apply our results to biological models from the literature.
M2  - New York, USA
A1  - Cardelli, Luca
A1  - Tribastone, Mirco
A1  - Tschaikowski, Max
A1  - Vandin, Andrea
PB  - IEEE
UR  - http://eprints.imtlucca.it/3433/
TI  - Comparing Chemical Reaction Networks:A Categorical and Algorithmic Perspective
AV  - public
Y1  - 2016///
KW  - chemical reaction networks
KW  -  bisimulation
KW  -  model com-parison
KW  -  ordinary differential equations
T2  - Thirty-First Annual ACM/IEEE Symposium on LOGIC IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (LICS)
ID  - eprints3433
ER  -