Title : 
Minimum-time control of Boolean networks: An algebraic approach
         
        
            Author : 
Laschov, Dmitriy ; Margaliot, Michael
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sch. of Elec. Eng.-Syst., Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv, Israel
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We consider the problem of steering a Boolean control network (BCN) between two given states in minimal time. Using the algebraic state-space representation (ASSR) of BCNs, we derive several necessary conditions for a control to be time-optimal. In the ASSR, every state and input vector is a canonical vector. Using this special structure yields an explicit state-feedback formula for all time-optimal controls.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Boolean functions; optimal control; state feedback; state-space methods; ASSR; BCN; Boolean control network; Boolean networks; algebraic approach; algebraic state-space representation; canonical vector; minimum-time control; state-feedback formula; time-optimal controls; Biological system modeling; Optimal control; Switches; Trajectory; Vectors;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Decision and Control (CDC), 2014 IEEE 53rd Annual Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Los Angeles, CA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4799-7746-8
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CDC.2014.7039619