DIFFUSION-LIMITED AGGREGATION
Charles François (2004). DIFFUSION-LIMITED AGGREGATION, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 921.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 921 ▶ |
| Object type | Methodology or model |
A mathematical model of numerous processes of patterned growth in systems.
(After M. BUCHANAN, New Scientist “Inside Science”, Nr 121, p.4, 1999)
Template:Ency entity is characterizing a great variety of reaction-diffusion systems , in which “patterns result from a basic competition between a set of forces that tends to amplify differences, and another that tends to dampen them out”. (Ibid.) An excellent example is the Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction in chemistry.
See also
Dissipative structure