Time Evolution of Random Cellular Patterns

A short review is presented of some recent works on a class of models called the vertex models, which is designed for efficient large scale computer simulations of time evolution of cellular patterns. Some new results on a refined version of the model and on elastic and plastic properties of incompressible two-dimensional cellular pattern are also reported.

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