title: Nearest-neighbor distribution of interacting biological entities.
abstract: In this paper, spatial patterns exhibited in many biological systems are studied, based on the principle of maximum entropy. A general mathematical expression of the nearest-neighbor distribution is derived for a class of interacting biological organisms--structures range from cells in a tissue to trees in a forest.
authors.affiliation: W. M. Keck Center for Computational Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D008433:Mathematics; D010944:Plants