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abstract:
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text: 'With the accelerated development of robot technologies, optimal control becomes
one of the central themes of research. In traditional approaches, the controller,
by its internal functionality, finds appropriate actions on the basis of the history
of sensor values, guided by the goals, intentions, objectives, learning schemes,
and so forth. The idea is that the controller controls the world---the body plus
its environment---as reliably as possible. This paper focuses on new lines of
self-organization for developmental robotics. We apply the recently developed
differential extrinsic synaptic plasticity to a muscle-tendon driven arm-shoulder
system from the Myorobotics toolkit. In the experiments, we observe a vast variety
of self-organized behavior patterns: when left alone, the arm realizes pseudo-random
sequences of different poses. By applying physical forces, the system can be entrained
into definite motion patterns like wiping a table. Most interestingly, after attaching
an object, the controller gets in a functional resonance with the object''s internal
dynamics, starting to shake spontaneously bottles half-filled with water or sensitively
driving an attached pendulum into a circular mode. When attached to the crank
of a wheel the neural system independently discovers how to rotate it. In this
way, the robot discovers affordances of objects its body is interacting with.'
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full_name: Martius, Georg S
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last_name: Martius
- first_name: Rafael
full_name: Hostettler, Rafael
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- first_name: Alois
full_name: Knoll, Alois
last_name: Knoll
- first_name: Ralf
full_name: Der, Ralf
last_name: Der
citation:
ama: 'Martius GS, Hostettler R, Knoll A, Der R. Self-organized control of an tendon
driven arm by differential extrinsic plasticity. In: 15th International Conference
on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems. Vol 28. MIT Press; 2016:142-143.
doi:10.7551/978-0-262-33936-0-ch029'
apa: 'Martius, G. S., Hostettler, R., Knoll, A., & Der, R. (2016). Self-organized
control of an tendon driven arm by differential extrinsic plasticity. In 15th
International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems
(Vol. 28, pp. 142–143). Cancun, Mexico: MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/978-0-262-33936-0-ch029'
chicago: Martius, Georg S, Rafael Hostettler, Alois Knoll, and Ralf Der. “Self-Organized
Control of an Tendon Driven Arm by Differential Extrinsic Plasticity.” In 15th
International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems,
28:142–43. MIT Press, 2016. https://doi.org/10.7551/978-0-262-33936-0-ch029.
ieee: G. S. Martius, R. Hostettler, A. Knoll, and R. Der, “Self-organized control
of an tendon driven arm by differential extrinsic plasticity,” in 15th International
Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, Cancun, Mexico,
2016, vol. 28, pp. 142–143.
ista: 'Martius GS, Hostettler R, Knoll A, Der R. 2016. Self-organized control of
an tendon driven arm by differential extrinsic plasticity. 15th International
Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems. ALIFE 2016: Conference
on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems vol. 28, 142–143.'
mla: Martius, Georg S., et al. “Self-Organized Control of an Tendon Driven Arm by
Differential Extrinsic Plasticity.” 15th International Conference on the Synthesis
and Simulation of Living Systems, vol. 28, MIT Press, 2016, pp. 142–43, doi:10.7551/978-0-262-33936-0-ch029.
short: G.S. Martius, R. Hostettler, A. Knoll, R. Der, in:, 15th International Conference
on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, MIT Press, 2016, pp. 142–143.
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location: Cancun, Mexico
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abstract:
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text: Experience constantly shapes neural circuits through a variety of plasticity
mechanisms. While the functional roles of some plasticity mechanisms are well-understood,
it remains unclear how changes in neural excitability contribute to learning.
Here, we develop a normative interpretation of intrinsic plasticity (IP) as a
key component of unsupervised learning. We introduce a novel generative mixture
model that accounts for the class-specific statistics of stimulus intensities,
and we derive a neural circuit that learns the input classes and their intensities.
We will analytically show that inference and learning for our generative model
can be achieved by a neural circuit with intensity-sensitive neurons equipped
with a specific form of IP. Numerical experiments verify our analytical derivations
and show robust behavior for artificial and natural stimuli. Our results link
IP to non-trivial input statistics, in particular the statistics of stimulus intensities
for classes to which a neuron is sensitive. More generally, our work paves the
way toward new classification algorithms that are robust to intensity variations.
acknowledgement: DFG Cluster of Excellence EXC 1077/1 (Hearing4all) and LU 1196/5-1
(JL and TM), People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) FP7/2007-2013 grant agreement
no. 291734 (CS)
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author:
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last_name: Savin
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ama: 'Monk T, Savin C, Lücke J. Neurons equipped with intrinsic plasticity learn
stimulus intensity statistics. In: Vol 29. Neural Information Processing Systems
Foundation; 2016:4285-4293.'
apa: 'Monk, T., Savin, C., & Lücke, J. (2016). Neurons equipped with intrinsic
plasticity learn stimulus intensity statistics (Vol. 29, pp. 4285–4293). Presented
at the NIPS: Neural Information Processing Systems, Barcelona, Spaine: Neural
Information Processing Systems Foundation.'
chicago: Monk, Travis, Cristina Savin, and Jörg Lücke. “Neurons Equipped with Intrinsic
Plasticity Learn Stimulus Intensity Statistics,” 29:4285–93. Neural Information
Processing Systems Foundation, 2016.
ieee: 'T. Monk, C. Savin, and J. Lücke, “Neurons equipped with intrinsic plasticity
learn stimulus intensity statistics,” presented at the NIPS: Neural Information
Processing Systems, Barcelona, Spaine, 2016, vol. 29, pp. 4285–4293.'
ista: 'Monk T, Savin C, Lücke J. 2016. Neurons equipped with intrinsic plasticity
learn stimulus intensity statistics. NIPS: Neural Information Processing Systems,
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, vol. 29, 4285–4293.'
mla: Monk, Travis, et al. Neurons Equipped with Intrinsic Plasticity Learn Stimulus
Intensity Statistics. Vol. 29, Neural Information Processing Systems Foundation,
2016, pp. 4285–93.
short: T. Monk, C. Savin, J. Lücke, in:, Neural Information Processing Systems Foundation,
2016, pp. 4285–4293.
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location: Barcelona, Spaine
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information is derived.
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full_name: Gerland, Ulrich
last_name: Gerland
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last_name: Tkačik
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citation:
ama: Hillenbrand P, Gerland U, Tkačik G. Error bound on an estimator of position.
2016. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163628.s001
apa: Hillenbrand, P., Gerland, U., & Tkačik, G. (2016). Error bound on an estimator
of position. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163628.s001
chicago: Hillenbrand, Patrick, Ulrich Gerland, and Gašper Tkačik. “Error Bound on
an Estimator of Position.” Public Library of Science, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163628.s001.
ieee: P. Hillenbrand, U. Gerland, and G. Tkačik, “Error bound on an estimator of
position.” Public Library of Science, 2016.
ista: Hillenbrand P, Gerland U, Tkačik G. 2016. Error bound on an estimator of position,
Public Library of Science, 10.1371/journal.pone.0163628.s001.
mla: Hillenbrand, Patrick, et al. Error Bound on an Estimator of Position.
Public Library of Science, 2016, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163628.s001.
short: P. Hillenbrand, U. Gerland, G. Tkačik, (2016).
date_created: 2021-08-10T08:53:48Z
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text: The effect of noise in the input field on an Ising model is approximated.
Furthermore, methods to compute positional information in an Ising model by transfer
matrices and Monte Carlo sampling are outlined.
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citation:
ama: Hillenbrand P, Gerland U, Tkačik G. Computation of positional information in
an Ising model. 2016. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163628.s002
apa: Hillenbrand, P., Gerland, U., & Tkačik, G. (2016). Computation of positional
information in an Ising model. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163628.s002
chicago: Hillenbrand, Patrick, Ulrich Gerland, and Gašper Tkačik. “Computation of
Positional Information in an Ising Model.” Public Library of Science, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163628.s002.
ieee: P. Hillenbrand, U. Gerland, and G. Tkačik, “Computation of positional information
in an Ising model.” Public Library of Science, 2016.
ista: Hillenbrand P, Gerland U, Tkačik G. 2016. Computation of positional information
in an Ising model, Public Library of Science, 10.1371/journal.pone.0163628.s002.
mla: Hillenbrand, Patrick, et al. Computation of Positional Information in an
Ising Model. Public Library of Science, 2016, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163628.s002.
short: P. Hillenbrand, U. Gerland, G. Tkačik, (2016).
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---
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text: The positional information in a discrete morphogen field with Gaussian noise
is computed.
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- first_name: Patrick
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- first_name: Ulrich
full_name: Gerland, Ulrich
last_name: Gerland
- first_name: Gašper
full_name: Tkačik, Gašper
id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Tkačik
orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455
citation:
ama: Hillenbrand P, Gerland U, Tkačik G. Computation of positional information in
a discrete morphogen field. 2016. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163628.s003
apa: Hillenbrand, P., Gerland, U., & Tkačik, G. (2016). Computation of positional
information in a discrete morphogen field. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163628.s003
chicago: Hillenbrand, Patrick, Ulrich Gerland, and Gašper Tkačik. “Computation of
Positional Information in a Discrete Morphogen Field.” Public Library of Science,
2016. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163628.s003.
ieee: P. Hillenbrand, U. Gerland, and G. Tkačik, “Computation of positional information
in a discrete morphogen field.” Public Library of Science, 2016.
ista: Hillenbrand P, Gerland U, Tkačik G. 2016. Computation of positional information
in a discrete morphogen field, Public Library of Science, 10.1371/journal.pone.0163628.s003.
mla: Hillenbrand, Patrick, et al. Computation of Positional Information in a
Discrete Morphogen Field. Public Library of Science, 2016, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163628.s003.
short: P. Hillenbrand, U. Gerland, G. Tkačik, (2016).
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abstract:
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text: 'Gene regulation relies on the specificity of transcription factor (TF)–DNA
interactions. Limited specificity may lead to crosstalk: a regulatory state in
which a gene is either incorrectly activated due to noncognate TF–DNA interactions
or remains erroneously inactive. As each TF can have numerous interactions with
noncognate cis-regulatory elements, crosstalk is inherently a global problem,
yet has previously not been studied as such. We construct a theoretical framework
to analyse the effects of global crosstalk on gene regulation. We find that crosstalk
presents a significant challenge for organisms with low-specificity TFs, such
as metazoans. Crosstalk is not easily mitigated by known regulatory schemes acting
at equilibrium, including variants of cooperativity and combinatorial regulation.
Our results suggest that crosstalk imposes a previously unexplored global constraint
on the functioning and evolution of regulatory networks, which is qualitatively
distinct from the known constraints that act at the level of individual gene regulatory
elements.'
article_number: '12307'
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author:
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last_name: Barton
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last_name: Tkacik
orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455
citation:
ama: Friedlander T, Prizak R, Guet CC, Barton NH, Tkačik G. Intrinsic limits to
gene regulation by global crosstalk. Nature Communications. 2016;7. doi:10.1038/ncomms12307
apa: Friedlander, T., Prizak, R., Guet, C. C., Barton, N. H., & Tkačik, G. (2016).
Intrinsic limits to gene regulation by global crosstalk. Nature Communications.
Nature Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12307
chicago: Friedlander, Tamar, Roshan Prizak, Calin C Guet, Nicholas H Barton, and
Gašper Tkačik. “Intrinsic Limits to Gene Regulation by Global Crosstalk.” Nature
Communications. Nature Publishing Group, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12307.
ieee: T. Friedlander, R. Prizak, C. C. Guet, N. H. Barton, and G. Tkačik, “Intrinsic
limits to gene regulation by global crosstalk,” Nature Communications,
vol. 7. Nature Publishing Group, 2016.
ista: Friedlander T, Prizak R, Guet CC, Barton NH, Tkačik G. 2016. Intrinsic limits
to gene regulation by global crosstalk. Nature Communications. 7, 12307.
mla: Friedlander, Tamar, et al. “Intrinsic Limits to Gene Regulation by Global Crosstalk.”
Nature Communications, vol. 7, 12307, Nature Publishing Group, 2016, doi:10.1038/ncomms12307.
short: T. Friedlander, R. Prizak, C.C. Guet, N.H. Barton, G. Tkačik, Nature Communications
7 (2016).
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text: "The process of gene expression is central to the modern understanding of
how cellular systems\r\nfunction. In this process, a special kind of regulatory
proteins, called transcription factors,\r\nare important to determine how much
protein is produced from a given gene. As biological\r\ninformation is transmitted
from transcription factor concentration to mRNA levels to amounts of\r\nprotein,
various sources of noise arise and pose limits to the fidelity of intracellular
signaling.\r\nThis thesis concerns itself with several aspects of stochastic gene
expression: (i) the mathematical\r\ndescription of complex promoters responsible
for the stochastic production of biomolecules,\r\n(ii) fundamental limits to information
processing the cell faces due to the interference from multiple\r\nfluctuating
signals, (iii) how the presence of gene expression noise influences the evolution\r\nof
regulatory sequences, (iv) and tools for the experimental study of origins and
consequences\r\nof cell-cell heterogeneity, including an application to bacterial
stress response systems."
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apa: Rieckh, G. (2016). Studying the complexities of transcriptional regulation.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
chicago: Rieckh, Georg. “Studying the Complexities of Transcriptional Regulation.”
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2016.
ieee: G. Rieckh, “Studying the complexities of transcriptional regulation,” Institute
of Science and Technology Austria, 2016.
ista: Rieckh G. 2016. Studying the complexities of transcriptional regulation. Institute
of Science and Technology Austria.
mla: Rieckh, Georg. Studying the Complexities of Transcriptional Regulation.
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2016.
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title: Studying the complexities of transcriptional regulation
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text: Bow-tie or hourglass structure is a common architectural feature found in
many biological systems. A bow-tie in a multi-layered structure occurs when intermediate
layers have much fewer components than the input and output layers. Examples include
metabolism where a handful of building blocks mediate between multiple input nutrients
and multiple output biomass components, and signaling networks where information
from numerous receptor types passes through a small set of signaling pathways
to regulate multiple output genes. Little is known, however, about how bow-tie
architectures evolve. Here, we address the evolution of bow-tie architectures
using simulations of multi-layered systems evolving to fulfill a given input-output
goal. We find that bow-ties spontaneously evolve when the information in the evolutionary
goal can be compressed. Mathematically speaking, bow-ties evolve when the rank
of the input-output matrix describing the evolutionary goal is deficient. The
maximal compression possible (the rank of the goal) determines the size of the
narrowest part of the network—that is the bow-tie. A further requirement is that
a process is active to reduce the number of links in the network, such as product-rule
mutations, otherwise a non-bow-tie solution is found in the evolutionary simulations.
This offers a mechanism to understand a common architectural principle of biological
systems, and a way to quantitate the effective rank of the goals under which they
evolved.
article_processing_charge: No
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- first_name: Avraham
full_name: Mayo, Avraham
last_name: Mayo
- first_name: Tsvi
full_name: Tlusty, Tsvi
last_name: Tlusty
- first_name: Uri
full_name: Alon, Uri
last_name: Alon
citation:
ama: Friedlander T, Mayo A, Tlusty T, Alon U. Evolution of bow-tie architectures
in biology. PLoS Computational Biology. 2015;11(3). doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004055
apa: Friedlander, T., Mayo, A., Tlusty, T., & Alon, U. (2015). Evolution of
bow-tie architectures in biology. PLoS Computational Biology. Public Library
of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004055
chicago: Friedlander, Tamar, Avraham Mayo, Tsvi Tlusty, and Uri Alon. “Evolution
of Bow-Tie Architectures in Biology.” PLoS Computational Biology. Public
Library of Science, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004055.
ieee: T. Friedlander, A. Mayo, T. Tlusty, and U. Alon, “Evolution of bow-tie architectures
in biology,” PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 11, no. 3. Public Library
of Science, 2015.
ista: Friedlander T, Mayo A, Tlusty T, Alon U. 2015. Evolution of bow-tie architectures
in biology. PLoS Computational Biology. 11(3).
mla: Friedlander, Tamar, et al. “Evolution of Bow-Tie Architectures in Biology.”
PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 11, no. 3, Public Library of Science,
2015, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004055.
short: T. Friedlander, A. Mayo, T. Tlusty, U. Alon, PLoS Computational Biology 11
(2015).
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:54:14Z
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title: Evolution of bow-tie architectures in biology
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name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)
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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Continuous-time Markov chains are commonly used in practice for modeling biochemical
reaction networks in which the inherent randomness of themolecular interactions
cannot be ignored. This has motivated recent research effort into methods for
parameter inference and experiment design for such models. The major difficulty
is that such methods usually require one to iteratively solve the chemical master
equation that governs the time evolution of the probability distribution of the
system. This, however, is rarely possible, and even approximation techniques remain
limited to relatively small and simple systems. An alternative explored in this
article is to base methods on only some low-order moments of the entire probability
distribution. We summarize the theory behind such moment-based methods for parameter
inference and experiment design and provide new case studies where we investigate
their performance.
acknowledgement: "HYCON2; EC; European Commission\r\n"
article_number: '8'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Jakob
full_name: Ruess, Jakob
id: 4A245D00-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Ruess
orcid: 0000-0003-1615-3282
- first_name: John
full_name: Lygeros, John
last_name: Lygeros
citation:
ama: Ruess J, Lygeros J. Moment-based methods for parameter inference and experiment
design for stochastic biochemical reaction networks. ACM Transactions on Modeling
and Computer Simulation. 2015;25(2). doi:10.1145/2688906
apa: Ruess, J., & Lygeros, J. (2015). Moment-based methods for parameter inference
and experiment design for stochastic biochemical reaction networks. ACM Transactions
on Modeling and Computer Simulation. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2688906
chicago: Ruess, Jakob, and John Lygeros. “Moment-Based Methods for Parameter Inference
and Experiment Design for Stochastic Biochemical Reaction Networks.” ACM Transactions
on Modeling and Computer Simulation. ACM, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1145/2688906.
ieee: J. Ruess and J. Lygeros, “Moment-based methods for parameter inference and
experiment design for stochastic biochemical reaction networks,” ACM Transactions
on Modeling and Computer Simulation, vol. 25, no. 2. ACM, 2015.
ista: Ruess J, Lygeros J. 2015. Moment-based methods for parameter inference and
experiment design for stochastic biochemical reaction networks. ACM Transactions
on Modeling and Computer Simulation. 25(2), 8.
mla: Ruess, Jakob, and John Lygeros. “Moment-Based Methods for Parameter Inference
and Experiment Design for Stochastic Biochemical Reaction Networks.” ACM Transactions
on Modeling and Computer Simulation, vol. 25, no. 2, 8, ACM, 2015, doi:10.1145/2688906.
short: J. Ruess, J. Lygeros, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation
25 (2015).
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:54:25Z
date_published: 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-09-23T09:36:19Z
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department:
- _id: ToHe
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doi: 10.1145/2688906
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- '000354789200002'
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isi: 1
issue: '2'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '02'
oa_version: None
publication: ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation
publication_status: published
publisher: ACM
publist_id: '5238'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Moment-based methods for parameter inference and experiment design for stochastic
biochemical reaction networks
type: journal_article
user_id: 317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345
volume: 25
year: '2015'
...
---
_id: '1885'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'The concept of positional information is central to our understanding of
how cells determine their location in a multicellular structure and thereby their
developmental fates. Nevertheless, positional information has neither been defined
mathematically nor quantified in a principled way. Here we provide an information-theoretic
definition in the context of developmental gene expression patterns and examine
the features of expression patterns that affect positional information quantitatively.
We connect positional information with the concept of positional error and develop
tools to directly measure information and error from experimental data. We illustrate
our framework for the case of gap gene expression patterns in the early Drosophila
embryo and show how information that is distributed among only four genes is sufficient
to determine developmental fates with nearly single-cell resolution. Our approach
can be generalized to a variety of different model systems; procedures and examples
are discussed in detail. '
article_processing_charge: No
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Gasper
full_name: Tkacik, Gasper
id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Tkacik
orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455
- first_name: Julien
full_name: Dubuis, Julien
last_name: Dubuis
- first_name: Mariela
full_name: Petkova, Mariela
last_name: Petkova
- first_name: Thomas
full_name: Gregor, Thomas
last_name: Gregor
citation:
ama: 'Tkačik G, Dubuis J, Petkova M, Gregor T. Positional information, positional
error, and readout precision in morphogenesis: A mathematical framework. Genetics.
2015;199(1):39-59. doi:10.1534/genetics.114.171850'
apa: 'Tkačik, G., Dubuis, J., Petkova, M., & Gregor, T. (2015). Positional information,
positional error, and readout precision in morphogenesis: A mathematical framework.
Genetics. Genetics Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.114.171850'
chicago: 'Tkačik, Gašper, Julien Dubuis, Mariela Petkova, and Thomas Gregor. “Positional
Information, Positional Error, and Readout Precision in Morphogenesis: A Mathematical
Framework.” Genetics. Genetics Society of America, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.114.171850.'
ieee: 'G. Tkačik, J. Dubuis, M. Petkova, and T. Gregor, “Positional information,
positional error, and readout precision in morphogenesis: A mathematical framework,”
Genetics, vol. 199, no. 1. Genetics Society of America, pp. 39–59, 2015.'
ista: 'Tkačik G, Dubuis J, Petkova M, Gregor T. 2015. Positional information, positional
error, and readout precision in morphogenesis: A mathematical framework. Genetics.
199(1), 39–59.'
mla: 'Tkačik, Gašper, et al. “Positional Information, Positional Error, and Readout
Precision in Morphogenesis: A Mathematical Framework.” Genetics, vol. 199,
no. 1, Genetics Society of America, 2015, pp. 39–59, doi:10.1534/genetics.114.171850.'
short: G. Tkačik, J. Dubuis, M. Petkova, T. Gregor, Genetics 199 (2015) 39–59.
corr_author: '1'
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:54:32Z
date_published: 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-09-23T09:53:07Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: GaTk
doi: 10.1534/genetics.114.171850
external_id:
arxiv:
- '1404.5599'
isi:
- '000347712900004'
intvolume: ' 199'
isi: 1
issue: '1'
language:
- iso: eng
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url: http://arxiv.org/abs/1404.5599
month: '01'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
page: 39 - 59
publication: Genetics
publication_status: published
publisher: Genetics Society of America
publist_id: '5210'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: 'Positional information, positional error, and readout precision in morphogenesis:
A mathematical framework'
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year: '2015'
...
---
_id: '1940'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: We typically think of cells as responding to external signals independently
by regulating their gene expression levels, yet they often locally exchange information
and coordinate. Can such spatial coupling be of benefit for conveying signals
subject to gene regulatory noise? Here we extend our information-theoretic framework
for gene regulation to spatially extended systems. As an example, we consider
a lattice of nuclei responding to a concentration field of a transcriptional regulator
(the "input") by expressing a single diffusible target gene. When input
concentrations are low, diffusive coupling markedly improves information transmission;
optimal gene activation functions also systematically change. A qualitatively
new regulatory strategy emerges where individual cells respond to the input in
a nearly step-like fashion that is subsequently averaged out by strong diffusion.
While motivated by early patterning events in the Drosophila embryo, our framework
is generically applicable to spatially coupled stochastic gene expression models.
article_number: '062710'
article_processing_charge: No
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Thomas R
full_name: Sokolowski, Thomas R
id: 3E999752-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Sokolowski
orcid: 0000-0002-1287-3779
- first_name: Gasper
full_name: Tkacik, Gasper
id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Tkacik
orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455
citation:
ama: Sokolowski TR, Tkačik G. Optimizing information flow in small genetic networks.
IV. Spatial coupling. Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter
Physics. 2015;91(6). doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.91.062710
apa: Sokolowski, T. R., & Tkačik, G. (2015). Optimizing information flow in
small genetic networks. IV. Spatial coupling. Physical Review E Statistical
Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics. American Institute of Physics. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.91.062710
chicago: Sokolowski, Thomas R, and Gašper Tkačik. “Optimizing Information Flow in
Small Genetic Networks. IV. Spatial Coupling.” Physical Review E Statistical
Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics. American Institute of Physics, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.91.062710.
ieee: T. R. Sokolowski and G. Tkačik, “Optimizing information flow in small genetic
networks. IV. Spatial coupling,” Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and
Soft Matter Physics, vol. 91, no. 6. American Institute of Physics, 2015.
ista: Sokolowski TR, Tkačik G. 2015. Optimizing information flow in small genetic
networks. IV. Spatial coupling. Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft
Matter Physics. 91(6), 062710.
mla: Sokolowski, Thomas R., and Gašper Tkačik. “Optimizing Information Flow in Small
Genetic Networks. IV. Spatial Coupling.” Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear
and Soft Matter Physics, vol. 91, no. 6, 062710, American Institute of Physics,
2015, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.91.062710.
short: T.R. Sokolowski, G. Tkačik, Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft
Matter Physics 91 (2015).
corr_author: '1'
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:54:49Z
date_published: 2015-06-15T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-09-23T09:46:10Z
day: '15'
department:
- _id: GaTk
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.062710
external_id:
arxiv:
- '1501.04015'
isi:
- '000356131600006'
intvolume: ' 91'
isi: 1
issue: '6'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.04015
month: '06'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
publication: Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
publication_status: published
publisher: American Institute of Physics
publist_id: '5145'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Optimizing information flow in small genetic networks. IV. Spatial coupling
type: journal_article
user_id: 317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345
volume: 91
year: '2015'
...
---
_id: '1538'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Systems biology rests on the idea that biological complexity can be better
unraveled through the interplay of modeling and experimentation. However, the
success of this approach depends critically on the informativeness of the chosen
experiments, which is usually unknown a priori. Here, we propose a systematic
scheme based on iterations of optimal experiment design, flow cytometry experiments,
and Bayesian parameter inference to guide the discovery process in the case of
stochastic biochemical reaction networks. To illustrate the benefit of our methodology,
we apply it to the characterization of an engineered light-inducible gene expression
circuit in yeast and compare the performance of the resulting model with models
identified from nonoptimal experiments. In particular, we compare the parameter
posterior distributions and the precision to which the outcome of future experiments
can be predicted. Moreover, we illustrate how the identified stochastic model
can be used to determine light induction patterns that make either the average
amount of protein or the variability in a population of cells follow a desired
profile. Our results show that optimal experiment design allows one to derive
models that are accurate enough to precisely predict and regulate the protein
expression in heterogeneous cell populations over extended periods of time.
acknowledgement: 'J.R., F.P., and J.L. acknowledge support from the European Commission
under the Network of Excellence HYCON2 (highly-complex and networked control systems)
and SystemsX.ch under the SignalX Project. J.R. acknowledges support from the People
Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
FP7/2007-2013 under REA (Research Executive Agency) Grant 291734. M.K. acknowledges
support from Human Frontier Science Program Grant RP0061/2011 (www.hfsp.org). '
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Jakob
full_name: Ruess, Jakob
id: 4A245D00-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Ruess
orcid: 0000-0003-1615-3282
- first_name: Francesca
full_name: Parise, Francesca
last_name: Parise
- first_name: Andreas
full_name: Milias Argeitis, Andreas
last_name: Milias Argeitis
- first_name: Mustafa
full_name: Khammash, Mustafa
last_name: Khammash
- first_name: John
full_name: Lygeros, John
last_name: Lygeros
citation:
ama: Ruess J, Parise F, Milias Argeitis A, Khammash M, Lygeros J. Iterative experiment
design guides the characterization of a light-inducible gene expression circuit.
PNAS. 2015;112(26):8148-8153. doi:10.1073/pnas.1423947112
apa: Ruess, J., Parise, F., Milias Argeitis, A., Khammash, M., & Lygeros, J.
(2015). Iterative experiment design guides the characterization of a light-inducible
gene expression circuit. PNAS. National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423947112
chicago: Ruess, Jakob, Francesca Parise, Andreas Milias Argeitis, Mustafa Khammash,
and John Lygeros. “Iterative Experiment Design Guides the Characterization of
a Light-Inducible Gene Expression Circuit.” PNAS. National Academy of Sciences,
2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423947112.
ieee: J. Ruess, F. Parise, A. Milias Argeitis, M. Khammash, and J. Lygeros, “Iterative
experiment design guides the characterization of a light-inducible gene expression
circuit,” PNAS, vol. 112, no. 26. National Academy of Sciences, pp. 8148–8153,
2015.
ista: Ruess J, Parise F, Milias Argeitis A, Khammash M, Lygeros J. 2015. Iterative
experiment design guides the characterization of a light-inducible gene expression
circuit. PNAS. 112(26), 8148–8153.
mla: Ruess, Jakob, et al. “Iterative Experiment Design Guides the Characterization
of a Light-Inducible Gene Expression Circuit.” PNAS, vol. 112, no. 26,
National Academy of Sciences, 2015, pp. 8148–53, doi:10.1073/pnas.1423947112.
short: J. Ruess, F. Parise, A. Milias Argeitis, M. Khammash, J. Lygeros, PNAS 112
(2015) 8148–8153.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:52:36Z
date_published: 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-09-23T09:24:24Z
day: '30'
department:
- _id: ToHe
- _id: GaTk
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1423947112
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
isi:
- '000357079400070'
pmid:
- '26085136'
intvolume: ' 112'
isi: 1
issue: '26'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4491780/
month: '06'
oa: 1
oa_version: Submitted Version
page: 8148 - 8153
pmid: 1
project:
- _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
call_identifier: FP7
grant_number: '291734'
name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme
publication: PNAS
publication_status: published
publisher: National Academy of Sciences
publist_id: '5633'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Iterative experiment design guides the characterization of a light-inducible
gene expression circuit
type: journal_article
user_id: 317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345
volume: 112
year: '2015'
...
---
_id: '1539'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'Many stochastic models of biochemical reaction networks contain some chemical
species for which the number of molecules that are present in the system can only
be finite (for instance due to conservation laws), but also other species that
can be present in arbitrarily large amounts. The prime example of such networks
are models of gene expression, which typically contain a small and finite number
of possible states for the promoter but an infinite number of possible states
for the amount of mRNA and protein. One of the main approaches to analyze such
models is through the use of equations for the time evolution of moments of the
chemical species. Recently, a new approach based on conditional moments of the
species with infinite state space given all the different possible states of the
finite species has been proposed. It was argued that this approach allows one
to capture more details about the full underlying probability distribution with
a smaller number of equations. Here, I show that the result that less moments
provide more information can only stem from an unnecessarily complicated description
of the system in the classical formulation. The foundation of this argument will
be the derivation of moment equations that describe the complete probability distribution
over the finite state space but only low-order moments over the infinite state
space. I will show that the number of equations that is needed is always less
than what was previously claimed and always less than the number of conditional
moment equations up to the same order. To support these arguments, a symbolic
algorithm is provided that can be used to derive minimal systems of unconditional
moment equations for models with partially finite state space. '
article_number: '244103'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Jakob
full_name: Ruess, Jakob
id: 4A245D00-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Ruess
orcid: 0000-0003-1615-3282
citation:
ama: Ruess J. Minimal moment equations for stochastic models of biochemical reaction
networks with partially finite state space. Journal of Chemical Physics.
2015;143(24). doi:10.1063/1.4937937
apa: Ruess, J. (2015). Minimal moment equations for stochastic models of biochemical
reaction networks with partially finite state space. Journal of Chemical Physics.
American Institute of Physics. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4937937
chicago: Ruess, Jakob. “Minimal Moment Equations for Stochastic Models of Biochemical
Reaction Networks with Partially Finite State Space.” Journal of Chemical Physics.
American Institute of Physics, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4937937.
ieee: J. Ruess, “Minimal moment equations for stochastic models of biochemical reaction
networks with partially finite state space,” Journal of Chemical Physics,
vol. 143, no. 24. American Institute of Physics, 2015.
ista: Ruess J. 2015. Minimal moment equations for stochastic models of biochemical
reaction networks with partially finite state space. Journal of Chemical Physics.
143(24), 244103.
mla: Ruess, Jakob. “Minimal Moment Equations for Stochastic Models of Biochemical
Reaction Networks with Partially Finite State Space.” Journal of Chemical Physics,
vol. 143, no. 24, 244103, American Institute of Physics, 2015, doi:10.1063/1.4937937.
short: J. Ruess, Journal of Chemical Physics 143 (2015).
corr_author: '1'
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:52:36Z
date_published: 2015-12-22T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-09-23T09:34:48Z
day: '22'
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: ToHe
- _id: GaTk
doi: 10.1063/1.4937937
ec_funded: 1
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title: Minimal moment equations for stochastic models of biochemical reaction networks
with partially finite state space
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text: Mathematical models are of fundamental importance in the understanding of
complex population dynamics. For instance, they can be used to predict the population
evolution starting from different initial conditions or to test how a system responds
to external perturbations. For this analysis to be meaningful in real applications,
however, it is of paramount importance to choose an appropriate model structure
and to infer the model parameters from measured data. While many parameter inference
methods are available for models based on deterministic ordinary differential
equations, the same does not hold for more detailed individual-based models. Here
we consider, in particular, stochastic models in which the time evolution of the
species abundances is described by a continuous-time Markov chain. These models
are governed by a master equation that is typically difficult to solve. Consequently,
traditional inference methods that rely on iterative evaluation of parameter likelihoods
are computationally intractable. The aim of this paper is to present recent advances
in parameter inference for continuous-time Markov chain models, based on a moment
closure approximation of the parameter likelihood, and to investigate how these
results can help in understanding, and ultimately controlling, complex systems
in ecology. Specifically, we illustrate through an agricultural pest case study
how parameters of a stochastic individual-based model can be identified from measured
data and how the resulting model can be used to solve an optimal control problem
in a stochastic setting. In particular, we show how the matter of determining
the optimal combination of two different pest control methods can be formulated
as a chance constrained optimization problem where the control action is modeled
as a state reset, leading to a hybrid system formulation.
acknowledgement: "The authors would like to acknowledge contributions from Baptiste
Mottet who performed preliminary analysis regarding parameter inference for the
considered case study in a student project (Mottet, 2014/2015).\r\nThe research
leading to these results has received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie
Actions) of the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under
REA grant agreement No. [291734] and from SystemsX under the project SignalX."
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last_name: Parise
- first_name: John
full_name: Lygeros, John
last_name: Lygeros
- first_name: Jakob
full_name: Ruess, Jakob
id: 4A245D00-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Ruess
orcid: 0000-0003-1615-3282
citation:
ama: 'Parise F, Lygeros J, Ruess J. Bayesian inference for stochastic individual-based
models of ecological systems: a pest control simulation study. Frontiers in
Environmental Science. 2015;3. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2015.00042'
apa: 'Parise, F., Lygeros, J., & Ruess, J. (2015). Bayesian inference for stochastic
individual-based models of ecological systems: a pest control simulation study.
Frontiers in Environmental Science. Frontiers. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2015.00042'
chicago: 'Parise, Francesca, John Lygeros, and Jakob Ruess. “Bayesian Inference
for Stochastic Individual-Based Models of Ecological Systems: A Pest Control Simulation
Study.” Frontiers in Environmental Science. Frontiers, 2015. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2015.00042.'
ieee: 'F. Parise, J. Lygeros, and J. Ruess, “Bayesian inference for stochastic individual-based
models of ecological systems: a pest control simulation study,” Frontiers in
Environmental Science, vol. 3. Frontiers, 2015.'
ista: 'Parise F, Lygeros J, Ruess J. 2015. Bayesian inference for stochastic individual-based
models of ecological systems: a pest control simulation study. Frontiers in Environmental
Science. 3, 42.'
mla: 'Parise, Francesca, et al. “Bayesian Inference for Stochastic Individual-Based
Models of Ecological Systems: A Pest Control Simulation Study.” Frontiers in
Environmental Science, vol. 3, 42, Frontiers, 2015, doi:10.3389/fenvs.2015.00042.'
short: F. Parise, J. Lygeros, J. Ruess, Frontiers in Environmental Science 3 (2015).
corr_author: '1'
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publication_identifier:
issn:
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title: 'Bayesian inference for stochastic individual-based models of ecological systems:
a pest control simulation study'
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---
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author:
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full_name: Gilson, Matthieu
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last_name: Savin
- first_name: Friedemann
full_name: Zenke, Friedemann
last_name: Zenke
citation:
ama: 'Gilson M, Savin C, Zenke F. Editorial: Emergent neural computation from the
interaction of different forms of plasticity. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience.
2015;9(11). doi:10.3389/fncom.2015.00145'
apa: 'Gilson, M., Savin, C., & Zenke, F. (2015). Editorial: Emergent neural
computation from the interaction of different forms of plasticity. Frontiers
in Computational Neuroscience. Frontiers Research Foundation. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2015.00145'
chicago: 'Gilson, Matthieu, Cristina Savin, and Friedemann Zenke. “Editorial: Emergent
Neural Computation from the Interaction of Different Forms of Plasticity.” Frontiers
in Computational Neuroscience. Frontiers Research Foundation, 2015. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2015.00145.'
ieee: 'M. Gilson, C. Savin, and F. Zenke, “Editorial: Emergent neural computation
from the interaction of different forms of plasticity,” Frontiers in Computational
Neuroscience, vol. 9, no. 11. Frontiers Research Foundation, 2015.'
ista: 'Gilson M, Savin C, Zenke F. 2015. Editorial: Emergent neural computation
from the interaction of different forms of plasticity. Frontiers in Computational
Neuroscience. 9(11), 145.'
mla: 'Gilson, Matthieu, et al. “Editorial: Emergent Neural Computation from the
Interaction of Different Forms of Plasticity.” Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience,
vol. 9, no. 11, 145, Frontiers Research Foundation, 2015, doi:10.3389/fncom.2015.00145.'
short: M. Gilson, C. Savin, F. Zenke, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience 9
(2015).
corr_author: '1'
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date_published: 2015-11-30T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-09-23T08:35:56Z
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ddc:
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doi: 10.3389/fncom.2015.00145
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publication_status: published
publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
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title: 'Editorial: Emergent neural computation from the interaction of different forms
of plasticity'
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type: journal_article
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volume: 9
year: '2015'
...
---
_id: '1570'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Grounding autonomous behavior in the nervous system is a fundamental challenge
for neuroscience. In particular, self-organized behavioral development provides
more questions than answers. Are there special functional units for curiosity,
motivation, and creativity? This paper argues that these features can be grounded
in synaptic plasticity itself, without requiring any higher-level constructs.
We propose differential extrinsic plasticity (DEP) as a new synaptic rule for
self-learning systems and apply it to a number of complex robotic systems as a
test case. Without specifying any purpose or goal, seemingly purposeful and adaptive
rhythmic behavior is developed, displaying a certain level of sensorimotor intelligence.
These surprising results require no systemspecific modifications of the DEP rule.
They rather arise from the underlying mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking,which
is due to the tight brain body environment coupling. The new synaptic rule is
biologically plausible and would be an interesting target for neurobiological
investigation. We also argue that this neuronal mechanism may have been a catalyst
in natural evolution.
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Ralf
full_name: Der, Ralf
last_name: Der
- first_name: Georg S
full_name: Martius, Georg S
id: 3A276B68-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Martius
citation:
ama: Der R, Martius GS. Novel plasticity rule can explain the development of sensorimotor
intelligence. PNAS. 2015;112(45):E6224-E6232. doi:10.1073/pnas.1508400112
apa: Der, R., & Martius, G. S. (2015). Novel plasticity rule can explain the
development of sensorimotor intelligence. PNAS. National Academy of Sciences.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1508400112
chicago: Der, Ralf, and Georg S Martius. “Novel Plasticity Rule Can Explain the
Development of Sensorimotor Intelligence.” PNAS. National Academy of Sciences,
2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1508400112.
ieee: R. Der and G. S. Martius, “Novel plasticity rule can explain the development
of sensorimotor intelligence,” PNAS, vol. 112, no. 45. National Academy
of Sciences, pp. E6224–E6232, 2015.
ista: Der R, Martius GS. 2015. Novel plasticity rule can explain the development
of sensorimotor intelligence. PNAS. 112(45), E6224–E6232.
mla: Der, Ralf, and Georg S. Martius. “Novel Plasticity Rule Can Explain the Development
of Sensorimotor Intelligence.” PNAS, vol. 112, no. 45, National Academy
of Sciences, 2015, pp. E6224–32, doi:10.1073/pnas.1508400112.
short: R. Der, G.S. Martius, PNAS 112 (2015) E6224–E6232.
corr_author: '1'
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:52:47Z
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publication: PNAS
publication_status: published
publisher: National Academy of Sciences
publist_id: '5601'
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title: Novel plasticity rule can explain the development of sensorimotor intelligence
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volume: 112
year: '2015'
...
---
_id: '1655'
abstract:
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text: Quantifying behaviors of robots which were generated autonomously from task-independent
objective functions is an important prerequisite for objective comparisons of
algorithms and movements of animals. The temporal sequence of such a behavior
can be considered as a time series and hence complexity measures developed for
time series are natural candidates for its quantification. The predictive information
and the excess entropy are such complexity measures. They measure the amount of
information the past contains about the future and thus quantify the nonrandom
structure in the temporal sequence. However, when using these measures for systems
with continuous states one has to deal with the fact that their values will depend
on the resolution with which the systems states are observed. For deterministic
systems both measures will diverge with increasing resolution. We therefore propose
a new decomposition of the excess entropy in resolution dependent and resolution
independent parts and discuss how they depend on the dimensionality of the dynamics,
correlations and the noise level. For the practical estimation we propose to use
estimates based on the correlation integral instead of the direct estimation of
the mutual information based on next neighbor statistics because the latter allows
less control of the scale dependencies. Using our algorithm we are able to show
how autonomous learning generates behavior of increasing complexity with increasing
learning duration.
acknowledgement: This work was supported by the DFG priority program 1527 (Autonomous
Learning) and by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)
under grant agreement no. 318723 (MatheMACS) and from the People Programme (Marie
Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)
under REA grant agreement no. 291734.
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Georg S
full_name: Martius, Georg S
id: 3A276B68-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Martius
- first_name: Eckehard
full_name: Olbrich, Eckehard
last_name: Olbrich
citation:
ama: Martius GS, Olbrich E. Quantifying emergent behavior of autonomous robots.
Entropy. 2015;17(10):7266-7297. doi:10.3390/e17107266
apa: Martius, G. S., & Olbrich, E. (2015). Quantifying emergent behavior of
autonomous robots. Entropy. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/e17107266
chicago: Martius, Georg S, and Eckehard Olbrich. “Quantifying Emergent Behavior
of Autonomous Robots.” Entropy. MDPI, 2015. https://doi.org/10.3390/e17107266.
ieee: G. S. Martius and E. Olbrich, “Quantifying emergent behavior of autonomous
robots,” Entropy, vol. 17, no. 10. MDPI, pp. 7266–7297, 2015.
ista: Martius GS, Olbrich E. 2015. Quantifying emergent behavior of autonomous robots.
Entropy. 17(10), 7266–7297.
mla: Martius, Georg S., and Eckehard Olbrich. “Quantifying Emergent Behavior of
Autonomous Robots.” Entropy, vol. 17, no. 10, MDPI, 2015, pp. 7266–97,
doi:10.3390/e17107266.
short: G.S. Martius, E. Olbrich, Entropy 17 (2015) 7266–7297.
corr_author: '1'
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text: Continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC) models have become a central tool for
understanding the dynamics of complex reaction networks and the importance of
stochasticity in the underlying biochemical processes. When such models are employed
to answer questions in applications, in order to ensure that the model provides
a sufficiently accurate representation of the real system, it is of vital importance
that the model parameters are inferred from real measured data. This, however,
is often a formidable task and all of the existing methods fail in one case or
the other, usually because the underlying CTMC model is high-dimensional and computationally
difficult to analyze. The parameter inference methods that tend to scale best
in the dimension of the CTMC are based on so-called moment closure approximations.
However, there exists a large number of different moment closure approximations
and it is typically hard to say a priori which of the approximations is the most
suitable for the inference procedure. Here, we propose a moment-based parameter
inference method that automatically chooses the most appropriate moment closure
method. Accordingly, contrary to existing methods, the user is not required to
be experienced in moment closure techniques. In addition to that, our method adaptively
changes the approximation during the parameter inference to ensure that always
the best approximation is used, even in cases where different approximations are
best in different regions of the parameter space.
alternative_title:
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author:
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last_name: Henzinger
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full_name: Podelski, Andreas
last_name: Podelski
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full_name: Ruess, Jakob
id: 4A245D00-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Ruess
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full_name: Schilling, Christian
last_name: Schilling
citation:
ama: Bogomolov S, Henzinger TA, Podelski A, Ruess J, Schilling C. Adaptive moment
closure for parameter inference of biochemical reaction networks. 2015;9308:77-89.
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-23401-4_8
apa: 'Bogomolov, S., Henzinger, T. A., Podelski, A., Ruess, J., & Schilling,
C. (2015). Adaptive moment closure for parameter inference of biochemical reaction
networks. Presented at the CMSB: Computational Methods in Systems Biology, Nantes,
France: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23401-4_8'
chicago: Bogomolov, Sergiy, Thomas A Henzinger, Andreas Podelski, Jakob Ruess, and
Christian Schilling. “Adaptive Moment Closure for Parameter Inference of Biochemical
Reaction Networks.” Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23401-4_8.
ieee: S. Bogomolov, T. A. Henzinger, A. Podelski, J. Ruess, and C. Schilling, “Adaptive
moment closure for parameter inference of biochemical reaction networks,” vol.
9308. Springer, pp. 77–89, 2015.
ista: Bogomolov S, Henzinger TA, Podelski A, Ruess J, Schilling C. 2015. Adaptive
moment closure for parameter inference of biochemical reaction networks. 9308,
77–89.
mla: Bogomolov, Sergiy, et al. Adaptive Moment Closure for Parameter Inference
of Biochemical Reaction Networks. Vol. 9308, Springer, 2015, pp. 77–89, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-23401-4_8.
short: S. Bogomolov, T.A. Henzinger, A. Podelski, J. Ruess, C. Schilling, 9308 (2015)
77–89.
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text: Motion tracking is a challenge the visual system has to solve by reading out
the retinal population. It is still unclear how the information from different
neurons can be combined together to estimate the position of an object. Here we
recorded a large population of ganglion cells in a dense patch of salamander and
guinea pig retinas while displaying a bar moving diffusively. We show that the
bar’s position can be reconstructed from retinal activity with a precision in
the hyperacuity regime using a linear decoder acting on 100+ cells. We then took
advantage of this unprecedented precision to explore the spatial structure of
the retina’s population code. The classical view would have suggested that the
firing rates of the cells form a moving hill of activity tracking the bar’s position.
Instead, we found that most ganglion cells in the salamander fired sparsely and
idiosyncratically, so that their neural image did not track the bar. Furthermore,
ganglion cell activity spanned an area much larger than predicted by their receptive
fields, with cells coding for motion far in their surround. As a result, population
redundancy was high, and we could find multiple, disjoint subsets of neurons that
encoded the trajectory with high precision. This organization allows for diverse
collections of ganglion cells to represent high-accuracy motion information in
a form easily read out by downstream neural circuits.
acknowledgement: 'This work was supported by grants EY 014196 and EY 017934 to MJB,
ANR OPTIMA, the French State program Investissements d’Avenir managed by the Agence
Nationale de la Recherche [LIFESENSES: ANR-10-LABX-65], and by a EC grant from the
Human Brain Project (CLAP) to OM, the Austrian Research Foundation FWF P25651 to
VBS and GT. VBS is partially supported by contracts MEC, Spain (Grant No. AYA2010-
22111-C03-02, Grant No. AYA2013-48623-C2-2 and FEDER Funds).'
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ama: Marre O, Botella Soler V, Simmons K, Mora T, Tkačik G, Berry M. High accuracy
decoding of dynamical motion from a large retinal population. PLoS Computational
Biology. 2015;11(7). doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004304
apa: Marre, O., Botella Soler, V., Simmons, K., Mora, T., Tkačik, G., & Berry,
M. (2015). High accuracy decoding of dynamical motion from a large retinal population.
PLoS Computational Biology. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004304
chicago: Marre, Olivier, Vicente Botella Soler, Kristina Simmons, Thierry Mora,
Gašper Tkačik, and Michael Berry. “High Accuracy Decoding of Dynamical Motion
from a Large Retinal Population.” PLoS Computational Biology. Public Library
of Science, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004304.
ieee: O. Marre, V. Botella Soler, K. Simmons, T. Mora, G. Tkačik, and M. Berry,
“High accuracy decoding of dynamical motion from a large retinal population,”
PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 11, no. 7. Public Library of Science,
2015.
ista: Marre O, Botella Soler V, Simmons K, Mora T, Tkačik G, Berry M. 2015. High
accuracy decoding of dynamical motion from a large retinal population. PLoS Computational
Biology. 11(7), e1004304.
mla: Marre, Olivier, et al. “High Accuracy Decoding of Dynamical Motion from a Large
Retinal Population.” PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 11, no. 7, e1004304,
Public Library of Science, 2015, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004304.
short: O. Marre, V. Botella Soler, K. Simmons, T. Mora, G. Tkačik, M. Berry, PLoS
Computational Biology 11 (2015).
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text: 'The activity of a neural network is defined by patterns of spiking and silence
from the individual neurons. Because spikes are (relatively) sparse, patterns
of activity with increasing numbers of spikes are less probable, but, with more
spikes, the number of possible patterns increases. This tradeoff between probability
and numerosity is mathematically equivalent to the relationship between entropy
and energy in statistical physics. We construct this relationship for populations
of up to N = 160 neurons in a small patch of the vertebrate retina, using a combination
of direct and model-based analyses of experiments on the response of this network
to naturalistic movies. We see signs of a thermodynamic limit, where the entropy
per neuron approaches a smooth function of the energy per neuron as N increases.
The form of this function corresponds to the distribution of activity being poised
near an unusual kind of critical point. We suggest further tests of criticality,
and give a brief discussion of its functional significance. '
acknowledgement: "Research was supported in part by National Science Foundation Grants
PHY-1305525, PHY-1451171, and CCF-0939370, by National Institutes of Health Grant
R01 EY14196, and by Austrian Science Foundation Grant FWF P25651. Additional support
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ama: Tkačik G, Mora T, Marre O, et al. Thermodynamics and signatures of criticality
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apa: Tkačik, G., Mora, T., Marre, O., Amodei, D., Palmer, S., Berry Ii, M., &
Bialek, W. (2015). Thermodynamics and signatures of criticality in a network of
neurons. PNAS. National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514188112
chicago: Tkačik, Gašper, Thierry Mora, Olivier Marre, Dario Amodei, Stephanie Palmer,
Michael Berry Ii, and William Bialek. “Thermodynamics and Signatures of Criticality
in a Network of Neurons.” PNAS. National Academy of Sciences, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514188112.
ieee: G. Tkačik et al., “Thermodynamics and signatures of criticality in
a network of neurons,” PNAS, vol. 112, no. 37. National Academy of Sciences,
pp. 11508–11513, 2015.
ista: Tkačik G, Mora T, Marre O, Amodei D, Palmer S, Berry Ii M, Bialek W. 2015.
Thermodynamics and signatures of criticality in a network of neurons. PNAS. 112(37),
11508–11513.
mla: Tkačik, Gašper, et al. “Thermodynamics and Signatures of Criticality in a Network
of Neurons.” PNAS, vol. 112, no. 37, National Academy of Sciences, 2015,
pp. 11508–13, doi:10.1073/pnas.1514188112.
short: G. Tkačik, T. Mora, O. Marre, D. Amodei, S. Palmer, M. Berry Ii, W. Bialek,
PNAS 112 (2015) 11508–11513.
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