Biological Systems as Heterogeneous Information Networks: A Mini-review and Perspectives

Understand

In the real world, most objects and data have multiple types of attributes and inter-connections.

• Such data structures are named "Heterogeneous Information Networks" (HIN) and have been widely researched.
• Biological systems are also considered to be highly complicated HIN.
• In this work, we review various applications of HIN methods to biological and chemical data, discuss some advanced topics, and describe some future research directions.