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SUBMITTER: Rocks JW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6377453 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rocks Jason W JW Ronellenfitsch Henrik H Liu Andrea J AJ Nagel Sidney R SR Katifori Eleni E
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20190124 7
Nature is rife with networks that are functionally optimized to propagate inputs to perform specific tasks. Whether via genetic evolution or dynamic adaptation, many networks create functionality by locally tuning interactions between nodes. Here we explore this behavior in two contexts: strain propagation in mechanical networks and pressure redistribution in flow networks. By adding and removing links, we are able to optimize both types of networks to perform specific functions. We define a sin ...[more]