A Faster DiSH: Hardware Implementation of a Discrete Cell Signaling Network Simulator
Abstract
Development of fast methods to conduct in silico experiments using computational models of cellular signaling is a promising approach toward advances in personalized medicine. However, software-based cellular network simulation has run-times plagued by wasted CPU cycles and unnecessary processes. Hardware-based simulation affords substantial speedup, but prior attempts at hardware-based biological simulation have been limited in scope and have suffered from inaccuracies due to poor random number generation. In this work, we propose several hardware-based simulation schemes utilizing novel random update index generation techniques for step-based and round-based stochastic simulations of cellular networks. Our results show improved runtimes while maintaining simulation accuracy compared to software implementations.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- November 2018
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1811.07861
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1811.07861
- Bibcode:
- 2018arXiv181107861G
- Keywords:
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- Quantitative Biology - Molecular Networks;
- Computer Science - Emerging Technologies