About the Authors

David M. Holloway

David_Holloway@bcit.ca

Affiliations Mathematics Department, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, Biology Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Francisco J. P. Lopes

Affiliation Instituto de Biofisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luciano da Fontoura Costa

Affiliation Instituto de Fisica de Sao Carlos, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Bruno A. N. Travençolo

Affiliations Instituto de Fisica de Sao Carlos, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Faculty of Computing, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil

Nina Golyandina

Affiliation Mathematics and Mechanics Faculty, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Konstantin Usevich

Affiliation Mathematics and Mechanics Faculty, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Alexander V. Spirov

Affiliation Computer Science and Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMH FJPL AVS. Performed the experiments: DMH FJPL AVS. Analyzed the data: DMH FJPL LdFC BANT NG KU AVS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMH FJPL LdFC BANT NG KU AVS. Wrote the paper: DMH FJPL AVS.