New Approaches to the Study of Complex Reaction Mechanisms

斯坦福大学化学系的John Ross由化学系物理化学项目资助，研究复杂反应机制的新方法。在本研究中，信息论方法将用于确定振荡和可能的混沌方程的机制。通过对实验拟合的优化，提出了用遗传算法选择性归纳构建反应机理的方法。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。这项研究将提高我们对振荡反应机制的理解，以及它们如何影响重要的生物过程。

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.