The maximum entropy principle for compositional data
Abstract
Compositional systems, represented as parts of some whole, are ubiquitous. They encompass the abundances of proteins in a cell, the distribution of organisms in nature, and the stoichiometry of the most basic chemical reactions. Thus, a central goal is to understand how such processes emerge from the behaviors of their components and their pairwise interactions. Such a study, however, is challenging for two key reasons. Firstly, such systems are complex and depend, often stochastically, on their constituent parts. Secondly, the data lie on a simplex which influences their correlations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Oct 29, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1186/s12859-022-05007-z
Entities
People
- Allen R. Tannenbaum
- Corey Weistuch
- Jiening Zhu
- Joseph O. Deasy
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Army Research Office
- National Institutes of Health
- The Breast Cancer Research Foundation