Analysis and Control of Boolean Networks

Daizhan Cheng received the Ph.D. degree in systems science from Washington University, St. Louis, in 1985. Currently, he is a Professor with the Institute of Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. His research interests include nonlinear systems, numerical method, complex systems, etc. Dr. Cheng is Chairman of the Technical Committee on Control Theory (since 2003), Chinese Association of Automation, a Fellow of the IEEE, and a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control. Hongsheng Qi received the Ph.D. degree in systems theory from the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2008. He is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Key Laboratory of Systems and Control, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests include nonlinear systems control, complex systems, etc. Zhiqiang Li received the M.S. degree from Zhengzhou University in 2007. He is currently a Ph.D. student in the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests include nonlinear systems control, complex systems, etc.

From the reviews: "The aim of the book is to provide a new framework for the study of Boolean control networks. ... The book is self-contained and contains many examples which illustrate the concepts and the proposed techniques. ... the book represents a fundamental reference for researchers in systems biology, systems science and physics." (Valeriu Prepelita, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1209, 2011)

• Propositional Logic.- Semi-tensor Product of Matrices.- Matrix Expression of Logic.- Logical Equation.- Topological Structure of Boolean Networks.- Input-state Approach of Boolean Control Networks.- Controllability and Observability of BCN.- Realization of BCN.- Stability and Stabilization.- Disturbance Decoupling.- k-valued Network.- Input–Output Decomposition.- Random Boolean Network.- Appendix: Numerical Algorithms.