This model demonstrates invasion percolation in a landscape with randomly assigned resistance values.
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This is an implementation of the classic ant in the labyrinth problem, discussed in
de Gennes PG 1976 La percolation: un concept unificateur. La Recerche, 7, 72–82.
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This model implements the cellular automaton model described by
Young DA 1984 A local activator-inhibitor model of vertebrate skin patterns. Mathematical Biosciences, 72, 51–58.
which is itself a cellular automaton discretisation of Turing’s reaction-diffusion model of morphogenetics.
Turing AM 1952 The chemical basis of morphogenesis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, 237, 37–72
The reaction-diffusion model is a fundamental process model across many scientific domains.
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This model implements a simple voter model with two non-local processes. One admits succession at a distance, while the other (mutation) allows the appearance of completely new states in the lattice.
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This model is an implementation of the simple grass – bush – trees model of
Durrett R and Swindle G 1991 Are there bushes in a forest?. Stochastic Processes and their Applications, 37, 19–31.
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This is an implementation of competing contact processes in two dimensions, including an option for one of the processes to spread over long distances. Models of this kind are discussed in
Durrett R and Levin SA 1994b Stochastic spatial models: a user’s guide to ecological applications. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. 343, 329-350.
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A model illustrating the smoothing or diffusion effect produced by iterative local averaging.
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