Network analysis

A technique widely used by the industry is Critical Path Analysis (CPA or Network Analysis ) which is a method for systematically analysing the schedule of large projects, so that activities within a project can be phased logically, and dependencies identified. All activities are given a duration and the longest route through the network is known as the critical path. 

Whilst network analysis is a useful tool for estimating timing and resources, it is not a very good means for displaying schedules. Bar charts are used more commonly to illustrate planning expectations and as a means to determine resource loading. 

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The severity of the transient conditions can be established on the basis of past experience or data collected from similar installations. However, for large and more critical installations, such as a generating station or a large switchyard, it is advisable to carry out transient network analysis (TNA) or electromagnetic transient programme analysis (EMTP) with the aid of computers. For more details refer Gibbs et al. (1989) in Chapter 17. Where this is not necessary, the system may be analysed... 

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Serretti, A. Smeraldi, E. (2004). Neural network analysis in pharmacogenetics of mood disorders. BMC Med. Genet., 5(1), 27. 

By design, ANNs are inherently flexible (can map nonlinear relationships). They produce models well suited for classification of diverse bacteria. Examples of pattern analysis using ANNs for biochemical analysis by PyMS can be traced back to the early 1990s.4fM7 In order to better demonstrate the power of neural network analysis for pathogen ID, a brief background of artificial neural network principles is provided. In particular, backpropagation artificial neural network (backprop ANN) principles are discussed, since that is the most commonly used type of ANN. 

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Another way for BOD estimation is the use of sensor arrays [37]. An electronic nose incorporating a non-specific sensor array of 12 conducting polymers was evaluated for its ability to monitor wastewater samples. A statistical approach (canonical correlation analysis) showed a linear relationship between the sensor responses and BOD over 5 months for some subsets of samples, leading to the prediction of BOD values from electronic nose analysis using neural network analysis. 

Considering a trade-off between knowledge that is required prior to the analysis and predictive power, stoichiometric network analysis must be regarded as the most successful computational approach to large-scale metabolic networks to date. It is computationally feasible even for large-scale networks, and it is nonetheless far more predictive that a simple graph-based analysis. Stoichiometric analysis has resulted in a vast number of applications [35,67,70 74], including quantitative predictions of metabolic network function [50, 64]. The two most well-known variants of stoichiometric analysis, namely, flux balance analysis and elementary flux modes, constitute the topic of Section V. 

An analysis of the right nullspace K provides the conceptual basis of flux balance analysis and has led to a plethora of highly successful applications in metabolic network analysis. In particular, all steady-state flux vectors v° = v(S°,p) can be written as a linear combination of columns Jfcx- of K, such that... 

Besides the two most well-known cases, the local bifurcations of the saddle-node and Hopf type, biochemical systems may show a variety of transitions between qualitatively different dynamic behavior [13, 17, 293, 294, 297 301]. Transitions between different regimes, induced by variation of kinetic parameters, are usually depicted in a bifurcation diagram. Within the chemical literature, a substantial number of articles seek to identify the possible bifurcation of a chemical system. Two prominent frameworks are Chemical Reaction Network Theory (CRNT), developed mainly by M. Feinberg [79, 80], and Stoichiometric Network Analysis (SNA), developed by B. L. Clarke [81 83]. An analysis of the (local) bifurcations of metabolic networks, as determinants of the dynamic behavior of metabolic states, constitutes the main topic of Section VIII. In addition to the scenarios discussed above, more complicated quasiperiodic or chaotic dynamics is sometimes reported for models of metabolic pathways [302 304]. However, apart from few special cases, the possible relevance of such complicated dynamics is, at best, unclear. Quite on the contrary, at least for central metabolism, we observe a striking absence of complicated dynamic phenomena. To what extent this might be an inherent feature of (bio)chemical systems, or brought about by evolutionary adaption, will be briefly discussed in Section IX. 

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