Type
ArticleKAUST Department
Applied Mathematics and Computational Science ProgramComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
Date
2015-09-15Online Publication Date
2015-09-15Print Publication Date
2016-01Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/622521
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We present a model for biological network formation originally introduced by Cai and Hu [Adaptation and optimization of biological transport networks, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111 (2013) 138701]. The modeling of fluid transportation (e.g., leaf venation and angiogenesis) and ion transportation networks (e.g., neural networks) is explained in detail and basic analytical features like the gradient flow structure of the fluid transportation network model and the impact of the model parameters on the geometry and topology of network formation are analyzed. We also present a numerical finite-element based discretization scheme and discuss sample cases of network formation simulations.Citation
Albi G, Artina M, Foransier M, Markowich PA (2016) Biological transportation networks: Modeling and simulation. Analysis and Applications 14: 185–206. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0219530515400059.Sponsors
G. Albi and M. Foransier acknowledge the support of the ERC-starting Grant Project High-dimensional Sparse Optimal Control. This research was also supported by TUM through the Von Neumann Professorship of PAM.Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte LtJournal
Analysis and Applicationsae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1142/S0219530515400059