Diversity improves performance in excitable networks

As few real systems comprise indistinguishable units, diversity is a hallmark of nature. Diversity among interacting units shapes properties of collective behavior such as synchronization and information transmission. However, the benefits of diversity on information processing at the edge of a phas...

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Main Authors: Leonardo L. Gollo, Mauro Copelli, James A. Roberts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-04-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1912.pdf