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An algorithmic formulation is presented for the inference procedure concerning lineage models. The problem is to find lineage rules from observed sequences of tree structures under the assumption that no interactions take place in the course of development and that sufficiently frequent observations are available at equal time intervals. The underlying structural pattern is taken to be a OL system, and the goal is to find propagating and deterministic OL schemes with minimal properties satifsying certain biological reliance criteria. Upper bounds have been found for the complexity of the inference algorithms.
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This work was supported in part by Grant A0243 of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
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Jürgensen, H., Lindenmayer, A. Inference algorithms for developmental systems with cell lineages. Bltn Mathcal Biology 49, 93–123 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459961
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