Accounting of noise to solve the problem of negative populations in approximate accelerated stochastic simulations

TitleAccounting of noise to solve the problem of negative populations in approximate accelerated stochastic simulations
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2014
AuthorsKadam, S, Vanka, K
JournalRSC Advances
Volume4
Issue102
Pagination58127-58136
Date PublishedOCT
ISSN2046-2069
Abstract

The advent of different approximate accelerated stochastic simulation methods has helped considerably in reducing the computational load of the exact simulation algorithms. However, along with the reduction in the computational load comes the risk of driving the molecular numbers to the regime of negative numbers during the simulations. Over the years, various methods have been developed in order to solve the problem by using different strategies. Some methods have employed binomial numbers to model the reactions, while others have tried the partitioning of the reaction network. In this manuscript, we have proposed a new approach where the noise inherent in the choice of the number of firings of a given reaction during a time step is taken into account. This idea of noise accounting is used in conjunction with the accelerated stochastic method: the Representative Reaction Approach (RRA). It is found that the new method is successful at solving the problem of negative numbers, and compares very favorably with other state-of-the-art stochastic simulation methods.

DOI10.1039/c4ra05865h
Type of Journal (Indian or Foreign)Foreign
Impact Factor (IF)3.98
Divison category: 
Physical and Materials Chemistry