Metaheuristic Gene Regulatory Networks Inference Using Discrete Crow Search Algorithm and Quantitative Association Rules
Hichem Haouassi, Abdeldjalil Ledmi, Aboubekeur Hamdi‐Cherif, Mohammed El Habib Souidi, Makhlouf Ledmi, Chafia Kara Mohamed · International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics · 2024
Gene regulatory networks (GRNs) inference appeared as valuable tools for detecting irregularities in cell regulation. Association rule mining (ARM) encompasses specific data mining methods capable of inferring unknown associations between genes. In response to the scarcity of ARM-based GRN inference, a novel metaheuristic algorithm, DCSA-QAR, is presented. This algorithm infers quantitative association rules by discretising the crow search algorithm. A first series of experiments involved comparison with five metaheuristic algorithms on six datasets. The results showed that, for Co-citation and YeastNet datasets, our algorithm was first in precision (100%), specificity (100%) and score (3.75). A second series of experiments involved nine information-theoretic algorithms through the DREAM3 and SOS networks. The average results on DREAM3 datasets are compensated by the SOS real datasets results: the best in accuracy, and true positives. As an overall appraisal, DCSA-QAR can be considered as a good candidate for ARM-based metaheuristic GRNs inference.