

The last category uses a database approach by exploiting the virtues of indexingģ1. Many algorithms exploit such approachesĢ7. Such methods aim at filter pairs of nodes which will not be in a matching solution. The second category consists of algorithms using Constrained Programming techniques. Algorithms using such approach include UllmannĢ4. Those methods look for a solution of the problem in a state space by making use of a depth-first approach. The first category is the tree search based algorithm. The approaches can be categorized according to the methodology they use. Such a problem has been widely studied and several methods and systems have been proposed. Most of the approaches dealing with this kind of graph analysis entail subgraph matching. Several different methods have been developed for this purpose: (i) Network Motif fiding The availability of computational tools for the analysis of biological networks has been helpful in providing novel biological insights on the function of many previously uncharacterized proteins. N in terms of degree distribution, cluster coefficient and assortativity. For that reason, NetMatchStar offers the ability to compute a p-value against null models from seven distinct randomizing methods and suggests the one that shares the network properties of Sub-networks that occur surprisingly often in a network may be preferred by evolution. Possible queries might include the identification of positive and negative autoregulation, coherent and incoherent feed forward loops, single-input modules and dense overlapping regulons Computationally, such a study entails the ability to query networks to find specific patterns of interactions. The study of complex systems involves the analysis of the way in which their elements interact rather than only their individual roles. The term complex relates to the existence of non-trivial substructures contained within them. Biological networks such as protein-protein interaction, transcription regulatory, gene regulatory, and metabolic networks are often referred to as complex systemsġ.
