A reaction network scheme which implements the EM algorithm
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Publication:6300748
DOI10.1007/978-3-030-00030-1_12arXiv1804.09062MaRDI QIDQ6300748FDOQ6300748
Authors: Muppirala Viswa Virinchi, A. Behera, Manoj Gopalkrishnan 
Publication date: 24 April 2018
Abstract: A detailed algorithmic explanation is required for how a network of chemical reactions can generate the sophisticated behavior displayed by living cells. Though several previous works have shown that reaction networks are computationally universal and can in principle implement any algorithm, there is scope for constructions that map well onto biological reality, make efficient use of the computational potential of the native dynamics of reaction networks, and make contact with statistical mechanics. We describe a new reaction network scheme for solving a large class of statistical problems including the problem of how a cell would infer its environment from receptor-ligand bindings. Specifically we show how reaction networks can implement information projection, and consequently a generalized Expectation-Maximization algorithm, to solve maximum likelihood estimation problems in partially-observed exponential families on categorical data. Our scheme can be thought of as an algorithmic interpretation of E. T. Jaynes's vision of statistical mechanics as statistical inference.
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