TY - JOUR A1 - Gebser, Martin A1 - Schaub, Torsten H. A1 - Thiele, Sven A1 - Veber, Philippe T1 - Detecting inconsistencies in large biological networks with answer set programming JF - Theory and practice of logic programming N2 - We introduce an approach to detecting inconsistencies in large biological networks by using answer set programming. To this end, we build upon a recently proposed notion of consistency between biochemical/genetic reactions and high-throughput profiles of cell activity. We then present an approach based on answer set programming to check the consistency of large-scale data sets. Moreover, we extend this methodology to provide explanations for inconsistencies by determining minimal representations of conflicts. In practice, this can be used to identify unreliable data or to indicate missing reactions. KW - answer set programming KW - bioinformatics KW - consistency KW - diagnosis Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1471068410000554 SN - 1471-0684 VL - 11 IS - 5-6 SP - 323 EP - 360 PB - Cambridge Univ. Press CY - New York ER -