Parameter Estimation of A Physiological Diabetes Model Using Neural Networks

Ana Moreira, Maren Philipps, Natal Van Riel

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Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease characterized by elevated glucose levels in the blood due to deregulated insulin levels. The management of diabetes is greatly based on self-management of the patient by insulin injections, diet and exercise. Because of this, the study of mathematical models capable of describing the glucose-insulin metabolism in patients with diabetes can be a great tool to help this management. An example of such model, which has been extensively used, is the Eindhoven Diabetes Education Simulator (E-DES) model. Systems biology is a field of study focused on the structure and dynamics of biological systems, and mathematical modelling of these systems through non-linear ordinary differential equations. Parameter estimation, the process of determining the values of undetermined parameters in a mathematical model, is important for achieving reliable predictive models. Many parameter estimation methods exist, including traditional optimization methods and newer techniques such as artificial neural networks, in particular Systems Biology Informed Neural Networks (SBINNs). The goal of this study was to evaluate the performance of SBINNs in estimating E-DES parameters and in fitting to simulated glucose and insulin plasma measurements. Considering different variations of SBINNs, we were able to find a network capable of estimating some of the most important parameters of the E-DES model using simulated plasma glucose and insulin data with a good performance on simulated data.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCIBCB 2023 - 20th IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9798350310177
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event20th IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, CIBCB 2023 - Eindhoven, Netherlands
Duration: 29 Aug 202331 Aug 2023

Publication series

NameCIBCB 2023 - 20th IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Conference

Conference20th IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, CIBCB 2023
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityEindhoven
Period29/08/202331/08/2023

Keywords

  • Systems Biology-Informed Neural Networks
  • diabetes
  • modeling
  • neural networks
  • systems biology

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