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A Model for Emergence of Multiple Anti-Microbial Resistance in a Petri Torus

Populations and Evolution 2017-05-17 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

This work introduces a new statistical physics lattice model of bacteria interacting with anti-microbial drugs that can reproduce qualitative features of resistance emergence and whose model parameters and outputs can be measured with controlled \textit{in vitro} experiments. The lattice is inhabited by agents modeled by Ising perceptrons. The results show the advantage of mixing drugs among the population compared to other treatment protocols.

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@article{arxiv.1704.08583,
  title  = {A Model for Emergence of Multiple Anti-Microbial Resistance in a Petri Torus},
  author = {Roberto C. Alamino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.08583},
  year   = {2017}
}

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7 pages, 7 figures