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The structure of interactions in most of animals and human societies can be best represented by complex hierarchical networks. In order to maintain close to optimal functioning both stability and adaptability are necessary. Here we…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-02-20 Maryam Zamani , Leonardo Camargo-Forero , Tamas Vicsek

Several networks occurring in real life have modular structures that are arranged in an hierarchical fashion. In this paper, we have proposed a model for such networks, using a stochastic generation method. Using this model we show that,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-03-12 Raj Kumar Pan , Sitabhra Sinha

Planning can often be simpli ed by decomposing the task into smaller tasks arranged hierarchically. Charlin et al. [4] recently showed that the hierarchy discovery problem can be framed as a non-convex optimization problem. However, the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-06-18 Marc Toussaint , Laurent Charlin , Pascal Poupart

A topology optimization method is presented for the design of periodic microstructured materials with prescribed homogenized nonlinear constitutive properties over finite strain ranges. The mechanical model assumes linear elastic isotropic…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-05-20 Reza Behrou , Maroun Abi Ghanem , Brianna C. Macnider , Vimarsh Verma , Ryan Alvey , Jinho Hong , Ashley F. Emery , Hyunsun Alicia Kim , Nicholas Boechler

Helices are not generic outcomes of polymer collapse. Collapsed conformations of semiflexible polymers with isotropic attractions typically form globules, toroids, or rod-like structures, as seen in simulations and described by…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-03-31 Biman Bagchi

Spider capture silk is a biomaterial with both high strength and high elasticity, but the structural design principle underlying these remarkable properties is still unknown. It was revealed recently by atomic force microscopy that, an…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Haijun Zhou , Yang Zhang

We consider the slow and athermal deformations of amorphous solids and show how the ensuing sequence of discrete plastic rearrangements can be mapped onto a directed network. The network topology reveals a set of highly connected regions…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-11-06 Muhittin Mungan , Srikanth Sastry , Karin Dahmen , Ido Regev

Topological defects play a central role in the formation and organization of various biological systems. Historically, such nonequilibrium defects have been mainly studied in the context of homogeneous active nematics. Phase-separated…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-07-13 Timo Krüger , Ivan Maryshev , Erwin Frey

We formulate statistical-mechanical inverse methods in order to determine optimized interparticle interactions that spontaneously produce target many-particle configurations. Motivated by advances that give experimentalists greater and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Mikael C. Rechtsman , Salvatore Torquato , Frank H. Stillinger

Most animal and human locomotion behaviors for solving complex tasks involve dynamic motions and rich contact interaction. In fact, complex maneuvers need to consider dynamic movement and contact events at the same time. We present a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-04-10 Carlos Mastalli , Ioannis Havoutis , Michele Focchi , Darwin G. Caldwell , Claudio Semini

Solution-phase bottom up self-assembly of nanocrystals into superstructures such as ordered superlattices is an attractive strategy to generate functional materials of increasing complexity, including very recent advances that incorporate…

Architected materials achieve unique mechanical properties through precisely engineered microstructures that minimize material usage. However, a key challenge of low-density materials is balancing high stiffness with stable deformability up…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-09-20 Matheus I. N. Rosa , Konstantinos Karapiperis , Kaoutar Radi , Dennis M. Kochmann

We show that granular media consisting of metallic microparticles immersed in a poorly conducting liquid in strong DC electric field self-assemble a rich variety of novel phases. These phases include static precipitate: honeycombs and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. V. Sapozhnikov , Y. V. Tolmachev , I. S. Aranson , W. -K. Kwok

Motivated by the large strain shear of loose granular materials we introduced a model which consists of consecutive optimization and restructuring steps leading to a self organization of a density field. The extensive connections to other…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-05-29 Janos Torok , Supriya Krishnamurthy , Janos Kertesz , Stephane Roux

Existing approaches for synthetic tabular data generation are based on either purely generative models or LLMs, both of which struggle with data heterogeneity, logical consistency, rare-event coverage, and robustness in low-data regimes. In…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Junfeng Nie , Alvin Jin , Xiaohui Chen

Many sectors nowadays require accurate and coherent predictions across their organization to effectively operate. Otherwise, decision-makers would be planning using disparate views of the future, resulting in inconsistent decisions across…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-09 Julien Leprince , Waqas Khan , Henrik Madsen , Jan Kloppenborg Møller , Wim Zeiler

This article proposes a topological method that extracts hierarchical structures of various amorphous solids. The method is based on the persistence diagram (PD), a mathematical tool for capturing shapes of multiscale data. The input to the…

Predicting which hypothetical inorganic crystals can be experimentally realized remains a central challenge in accelerating materials discovery. SyntheFormer is a positive-unlabeled framework that learns synthesizability directly from…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-10-23 Danial Ebrahimzadeh , Sarah Sharif , Yaser Mike Banad

In living cells, proteins self-assemble into large functional structures based on specific interactions between molecularly complex patches. Due to this complexity, protein self-assembly results from a competition between a large number of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-12-10 Lara Koehler , Pierre Ronceray , Martin Lenz

We study two mechanisms for the formation of protein patterns near membranes of living cells by mathematical modelling. Self-assembly of protein domains by electrostatic lipid-protein interactions is contrasted with self-organization due to…

Cell Behavior · Quantitative Biology 2007-05-23 Karin John , Markus Baer