In: Computational Methods in Systems Biology (CMSB 2003), Proceedings of the First International Workshop, Rovereto, Italy, February 24-26, 2003, pages 1-172pp. Volume 2602 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science / C. Priami (Ed.) --- Springer Verlag, February 2003.
Abstract: This contribution presents a methodology aimed at detecting and analysing unexpected states of biological systems. We suggest using: (a) Petri nets in order to represent the causal structure of a biological system and its prescribed functional behaviour; and (b) algebraic coding theory (Hamming codes) to detect unexpected system states (mutations, unwanted situations, errors).