We believe if a network service is modeled after biological principles and mechanisms, the network service is able to meet key requirements such as scalability, adaptability, survivability, simplicity and autonomy.
We emphasize that we are not attempting to relate these curves to any specific data, but instead are exploring the qualitative behavior that results in a model derived from biological principles.
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Additionally, the computational model enables model checking, the formal verification of model behaviour, which allows the identification of general biological principles which underlie the observed behaviour of the model [ 36- 39].
The model of Hansen and Neumann [54] is also closely related to our model since it is based on the same biological principles such as modulatory feedback and long-range interactions for the extraction of corners and junctions.
Hlatky says the next goal is to find the overarching biological principles in systems data, the models that allow researchers to "explain and predict".
Tero thinks that the slime mould's abilities could help planners to design better networks by using biological principles, and he has created a computer model to simulate the mould's style of decision-making.
Therefore, biological principles and growth patterns observed elsewhere were used to constrain model form.
Computational modeling can be used to organize complex biological data, connecting experimental results to fundamental biological principles.
A model that is successful in identifying patterns spanning individual variation can be more confidently assumed to have identified underlying biological principles in microbiome host interactions, and not microbiome characteristics that may be unique to a specific individual.
