A Dynamic Network Formation Model for Understanding Bacterial Self-Organization Into Micro-Colonies

Self-organization Model for the Formation of Distributed Energy Network

1. Overview Recently, Japan witnessed a serious nuclear power plant accident, owing to which a large amount of CO2 from thermal power plant was emitted into the atmosphere. Given the background of this unfortunate event, at present, there is a need to increase the generation of photovoltaic (PV) power from the viewpoint of saving electricity and reducing the CO2 emission. Therefore, in order to...

Self-Organization in High-Density Bacterial Colonies: Efficient Crowd Control

Colonies of bacterial cells can display complex collective dynamics, frequently culminating in the formation of biofilms and other ordered super-structures. Recent studies suggest that to cope with local environmental challenges, bacterial cells can actively seek out small chambers or cavities and assemble there, engaging in quorum sensing behavior. By using a novel microfluidic device, we show...

Urban self-organization in practice: identifying a model for understanding collective action in neighborhoods of Sabzevar City

Introduction: Studies show that the concept of urban self-organization can pave the way for researchers to achieve actual citizen participation. Despite the importance of this issue, there is a significant cognitive gap in this field in Iran. Due to the contextual nature of urban self-organization, to use this concept in the development of the country's neighborhoods, one must first understand ...

A Neural Network Architecture for Self-Organization of Object Understanding

Unified"micro"- and"macro-"evolution of eco-systems: Self-organization of a dynamic network

It is now widely believed that functional networks abound in biological systems [1, 2], from molecular level (e.g., genetic and metabolic networks) to the levels of cells, organisms and species. An eco-system may be viewed as a functional network of species where the (directed) links of the network represent the inter-species interactions [3]. These interactions include not only prey-predator i...