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We present new analytical and numerical results for the elliptic-parabolic system of partial differential equations proposed by Hu and Cai, which models the formation of biological transport networks. The model describes the pressure field…
We compare the solutions of two systems of partial differential equations (PDE), seen as two different interpretations of the same model that describes formation of complex biological networks. Both approaches take into account the time…
Motivated by recent physics papers describing rules for natural network formation, we study an elliptic-parabolic system of partial differential equations proposed by Hu and Cai. The model describes the pressure field thanks to Darcy's type…
We study self-regulating processes modeling biological transportation networks. Firstly, we write the formal $L^2$-gradient flow for the symmetric tensor valued diffusivity $D$ of a broad class of entropy dissipations associated with a…
Starting with sets of disorganized observations of spatially varying and temporally evolving systems, obtained at different (also disorganized) sets of parameters, we demonstrate the data-driven derivation of parameter dependent,…
In recent years, the study of biological transportation networks has attracted significant interest, focusing on their self-regulating, demand-driven nature. This paper examines a mathematical model for these networks, featuring nonlinear…
The Transformer architecture has revolutionized artificial intelligence, yet a principled theoretical understanding of its internal mechanisms remains elusive. This paper introduces a novel analytical framework that reconceptualizes the…
We introduce a mesoscopic model for natural network formation processes, acting as a bridge between the discrete and continuous network approach proposed by Hu and Cai. The models are based on a common approach where the dynamics of the…
We are concerned with a system of partial differential equations describing internal flows of homogeneous incompressible fluids of Bingham type in which the value of activation (the so-called yield) stress depends on the internal pore…
A finite element discretization is developed for the Cai-Hu model, describing the formation of biological networks. The model consists of a non linear elliptic equation for the pressure $p$ and a non linear reaction-diffusion equation for…
Recent research has used deep learning to develop partial differential equation (PDE) models in science and engineering. The functional form of the PDE is determined by a neural network, and the neural network parameters are calibrated to…
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We propose a mesoscopic modeling framework for optimal transportation networks with biological applications. The network is described in terms of a joint probability measure on the phase space of tensor-valued conductivity and position in…
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In this work, we consider a certain multilayered (thick layer) wave--(thin layer) wave--heat (fluid) interactive PDE system. Such coupled PDE systems have been used in the literature to describe the blood transport process in mammalian…
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The structure of a network has a major effect on dynamical processes on that network. Many studies of the interplay between network structure and dynamics have focused on models of phenomena such as disease spread, opinion formation and…
We derive from particle-level dynamics a constitutive model describing the rheology of two-dimensional dense soft suspensions below the jamming transition, in a regime where hydrodynamic interactions between particles are screened. Based on…
We propose a diffuse interface model to describe tumor as a multicomponent deformable porous medium. We include mechanical effects in the model by coupling the mass balance equations for the tumor species and the nutrient dynamics to a…
In this paper we investigate regularity properties of weak solutions to a PDE system that arises in the study of biological transport networks. The system consists of a possibly singular elliptic equation for the scalar pressure of the…