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ArticleHuman mutation2025

ACOCMPMI: An Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm Based on Composite Multiscale Part Mutual Information for Detecting Epistatic Interactions.

Yan Sun, Jing Wang, Yaxuan Zhang, Junliang Shang, Jin-Xing Liu

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Yan SunCollege of Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Rizhao, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8422-5730
Jing WangSchool of Computer Science, Qufu Normal University, Rizhao, Shandong, China.
Yaxuan ZhangSchool of Computer Science, Qufu Normal University, Rizhao, Shandong, China.
Junliang ShangSchool of Computer Science, Qufu Normal University, Rizhao, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8488-2228
Jin-Xing LiuSchool of Health and Life Science, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, China.

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Epistatic interaction detection plays a pivotal role in understanding the genetic mechanisms underlying complex diseases. The effectiveness of epistatic interaction detection methods primarily depends on their interaction quantification measures and search strategies. In this study, a two-stage ant colony optimization algorithm based on composite multiscale part mutual information (ACOCMPMI) is proposed for detecting epistatic interactions. In the first stage, composite multiscale part mutual information is developed to quantify epistatic interactions, and an improved ant colony optimization algorithm incorporating filter and memory strategies is employed to search for potential epistatic interactions. In the second stage, an exhaustive search strategy and a Bayesian network score are adopted to further identify epistatic interactions within the candidate SNP set obtained in the first stage. ACOCMPMI is compared with five state-of-the-art methods, including epiACO, FDHE-IW, AntEpiSeeker, SIPSO, and MACOED, using simulation data generated from 11 epistatic interaction models. Furthermore, ACOCMPMI is applied to detect epistatic interactions in a real dataset of age-related macular degeneration. The experimental results show that ACOCMPMI is a promising method for epistatic interaction detection.

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AlgorithmsComputational BiologyEpistasis, GeneticBayes TheoremComputer SimulationHumansMacular DegenerationModels, GeneticPolymorphism, Single Nucleotideant colony algorithmBayesian networkepistatic interactionmultiscale part mutual information

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