Title :
Analysis and visualization of metabolic pathways and networks: A hypegraph approach
Author :
Maniadi, Evaggelia M. ; Tollis, Ioannis G.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Comput. Sci., Found. for Res. & Technol. Hellas, Vasilika Vouton, Greece
Abstract :
Metabolic pathways are series of chemical reactions occurring in a cell. Various graph-based models are used to represent metabolic data. However, diverse problems may arise from adopting these models. A more accurate modeling framework can be offered by hypergraphs. In this paper, a new technique for visualizing hypergraphs using common graph drawing techniques is proposed. This method is implemented in VisBolic, a case tool for the analysis and visualization of metabolic pathways; several examples are presented.
Keywords :
biochemistry; cellular biophysics; data visualisation; graph theory; medical computing; VisBolic; cell; chemical reactions; diverse problems; graph drawing techniques; graph-based models; hypegraph approach; hypergraph visualization; metabolic data; metabolic networks; metabolic pathway analysis; metabolic pathway visualization; modeling framework; Analytical models; Biochemistry; Biological system modeling; Chemicals; Compounds; Data visualization; Layout;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), 2014 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Valencia
DOI :
10.1109/BHI.2014.6864316
