A network dynamics approach to chemical reaction networks

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DOI10.1080/00207179.2015.1095353zbMATH Open1338.93042arXiv1502.02247OpenAlexW2594837916MaRDI QIDQ2807889FDOQ2807889

Shodhan Rao, Bayu Jayawardhana, Arjan van der Schaft

Publication date: 25 May 2016

Published in: International Journal of Control (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A crisp survey is given of chemical reaction networks from the perspective of general nonlinear network dynamics, in particular of consensus dynamics. It is shown how by starting from the complex-balanced assumption the reaction dynamics governed by mass action kinetics can be rewritten into a form which allows for a very simple derivation of a number of key results in chemical reaction network theory, and which directly relates to the thermodynamics of the system. Central in this formulation is the definition of a balanced Laplacian matrix on the graph of chemical complexes together with a resulting fundamental inequality. This directly leads to the characterization of the set of equilibria and their stability. Both the form of the dynamics and the deduced dynamical behavior are very similar to consensus dynamics. The assumption of complex-balancedness is revisited from the point of view of Kirchhoff's Matrix Tree theorem, providing a new perspective. Finally, using the classical idea of extending the graph of chemical complexes by an extra 'zero' complex, a complete steady-state stability analysis of mass action kinetics reaction networks with constant inflows and mass action outflows is given.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.02247




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