A discrete event system specification (DEVS)-based model of consanguinity

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2011.05.038MaRDI QIDQ1786077zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors N. Akhtar, Muaz Niazi, Farah Mustafa, Amir Hussain

Publication date 24 September 2018

Published in Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.03352

zbMATH Keywords

complex systemscongenital disorderconsanguineous marriagesDEVS formalismsimulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Medical applications (general) (92C50) Genetics and epigenetics (92D10) Problems related to evolution (92D15)

Abstract: Consanguinity or inter-cousin marriage is a phenomenon quite prevalent in certain regions around the globe. Consanguineous parents have a higher risk of having offspring with congenital disorders. It is difficult to model large scale consanguineous parental populations because of disparate cultural issues unique to regions and cultures across the globe. Although consanguinity, as a social problem has been studied previously, consanguinity from a biological perspective has yet to be modeled. Discrete Event System Specification (DEVS) formalism is a powerful modeling formalism for the study of intricate details of real-world complex systems. In this article, we develop a DEVS model to get an insight into the role of consanguineous marriages in the evolution of congenital disorders in a population. As proof-of-concept, we develop a consanguinity simulation model in Simio simulation software. Our results show the effectiveness of DEVS in the modeling of consanguinity effects in causing congenital defects.

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