A hierarchical approach to model decision making: a study in chemotactic behavior of Escherichia coli

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Safar Vafadar, Kavousi, Kaveh, Safdari, Hadiseh, Kalirad, Ata, Sadeghi, Mehdi
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 07.03.2019
• Subjects: Chemical reactions; Chemotaxis; Decision making; E coli; Flagella; Information processing; Motility

Reducing the complex behavior of living entities to its underlying physical and chemical processes is a formidable task in biology. Complex behaviors can be characterized as decision making: the ability to process the incoming information via an intracellular network and act upon this information to...