DNA solution of the maximal clique problem

被引:390
作者
Ouyang, Q [1 ]
Kaplan, PD [1 ]
Liu, SM [1 ]
Libchaber, A [1 ]
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[1] ROCKEFELLER UNIV,CTR STUDIES PHYS & BIOL,NEW YORK,NY 10021
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10.1126/science.278.5337.446
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The maximal clique problem has been solved by means of molecular biology techniques. A pool of DNA molecules corresponding to the total ensemble of six-vertex cliques was built, followed by a series of selection processes. The algorithm is highly parallel and has satisfactory fidelity. This work represents further evidence for the ability of DNA computing to solve NP-complete search problems.
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