About the Authors

Adi Shklarsh

Affiliations School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Gil Ariel

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

Elad Schneidman

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Eshel Ben-Jacob

eshel@tamar.tau.ac.il

Affiliations School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, The Center for Theoretical and Biological Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: AS GA ES EBJ. Conceived and designed the model: AS GA ES EBJ. Conceived and designed the algorithm: AS GA ES EBJ.