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        Self-organizing particle systems

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        Harder, Malte
        Polani, D.
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        2299/15993
        Abstract
        The self-organization of cells into a living organism is a very intricate process. Under the surface of orchestrating regulatory networks there are physical processes which make the information processing possible, that is required to organize such a multitude of individual entities. We use a quantitative information theoretic approach to assess self-organization of a collective system. In particular, we consider an interacting particle system, that roughly mimics biological cells by exhibiting differential adhesion behavior. Employing techniques related to shape analysis, we show that these systems in most cases exhibit self-organization. Moreover, we consider spatial constraints of interactions, and additionaly show that particle systems can self-organize without the emergence of pattern-like structures. However, we will see that regular pattern-like structures help to overcome limitations of self-organization that are imposed by the spatial structure of interactions.
        Publication date
        2013-05-01
        Published in
        Advances in Complex Systems
        Published version
        https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219525912500890
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        http://hdl.handle.net/2299/15993
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