NEAREST-NEIGHBOR DISTRIBUTION OF INTERACTING BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES

Authors
ZOU GZ WU HI
Citation
Gz. Zou et Hi. Wu, NEAREST-NEIGHBOR DISTRIBUTION OF INTERACTING BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES, Journal of theoretical biology, 172(4), 1995, pp. 347-353
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Biology Miscellaneous
Journal title
Journal of theoretical biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00225193
Volume
172
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
347 - 353
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-5193(1995)172:4<347:NDOIBE>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
In this paper, spatial patterns exhibited in many biological systems a re studied, based on the principle of maximum entropy. A general mathe matical expression of the nearest-neighbor distribution is derived for a class of interacting biological organisms-structures range from cel ls in a tissue to trees in a forest.