Engineering Genetic Circuits: Abstraction Methods

This course introduces how to perform abstraction of genetic circuit models. The first module teaches reaction-based abstraction methods that apply steady-state approximations to reduce the complexity and improve the analysis time of these models. The second module describes piecewise approximations to simplify non-linear reaction-based models of genetic circuits. The third module presents Markov chain models and methods for analyzing them. The fourth module provides methods to abstract models even further using state-based abstraction methods. Finally, the fifth module demonstrates metho…