Advances in bacteria motility modelling via diffusion adaptation

In this paper we model the biological networks of bacteria and antibacterial agents and investigate the effects of cooperation in the corresponding self-organized networks. The cooperative foraging of the bacteria has been used to solve non-gradient optimization problems. In order to obtain a more realistic model of the process, we extend the previously introduced strategies for bacteria motility to incorporate the effects of antibacterial agents and bacterial replication as two key aspects of this network. The proposed model provides a more accurate understanding of bacterial networks. Moreover, it has applications for various regenerative networks where the agents cooperate to solve an optimization problem. The model is examined and the effects of bacterial growth, diffusion of information and interaction of antibacterial agents with bacteria are evaluated.