]> 2012-02-11T05:20:29-05:00 A Process-Oriented Model of Bacterial Gene Regulation We describe a working program which embodies a theory of bacterial gene regulation. Its components include a knowledge base of the objects in this domain, a knowledge base of processes which describe interactions between these objects, and procedures for applying processes to objects to predict the behavior of the biological system. The contributions of this paper include methods for representing and instantiating objects with complex component part structures, and a language for defining processes which utilizes inheritance to construct process descriptions from general templates. In addition, we propose and justify an approach to managing the existence and properties of objects during a simulation. Several methods for increasing the efficiency of this approach are discussed including a novel use of the ATMS: it can reduce the space required to represent similar objects within a simulation by sharing their common features. techreport June,1988 A Process-Oriented Model of Bacterial Gene Regulation KSL-88-18 1988 14 pages. A Process-Oriented Model of Bacterial Gene Regulation 1988 Year Title YES Process note Number Note June Month Ksl tr id Knowledge Systems, AI Laboratory Institution Has year Has where published Has title Has publishing details Has identifier Has author Bibtype Peter D. Karp Author Abstract KSL Technical Report Publication Technical Report