Comparing systemic properties of ensembles of biological networks by graphical and statistical methods

摘要

When dealing with questions that concern a general class of models for biological networks, large numbers of distinct models within the class can be grouped into an ensemble that gives a statistical view of the properties for the general class. Comparing properties of different ensembles through the use of point measures (e.g.medians, standard deviations, correlation coefficients) can mask inhomogeneities in the correlations between properties. We are therefore motivated to develop strategies that allow these inhomogenetities to be more easily detected.