New Approaches to the Study of Complex Reaction Mechanisms

斯坦福大学化学系的约翰·罗斯（John Ross）受到化学系物理化学项目的资助，研究复杂反应机制的新方法。在这项研究中，信息论方法将用于确定振荡方程和可能的混沌方程的机制。 还提出了遗传算法，通过优化实验拟合来选择性归纳构建反应机制。这些技术将用于研究钙振荡在细胞复制（有丝分裂）中的作用。 这项研究将增进我们对振荡反应机制及其如何影响重要生物过程的理解。

John Ross of the Chemistry Department of Stanford University is funded by the Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division to study new approaches to complex reaction mechanisms. In this research information theoretic methods will be used to determine the mechanisms of oscillating and possibly chaotic equations. Genetic algorithms are also proposed for selective inductive construction of a reaction mechanism by optimization of the fit to experiments. These techniques will be used to study the role of calcium oscillations in cell replication (mitosis). This research will improve our understanding on the mechanism of oscillating reactions and how they affect important biological processes.