Information Transmission Concept Based Model of Wave Propagation in Discrete Excitable Media

• Main Author: Š. Raudys
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vilnius University Press 2004-07-01
• Series: Nonlinear Analysis
• Subjects: arrhythmia; bursting; cellular automatons; chaos; daughter wavelets; spirals
• Online Access: http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/nonlinear-analysis/article/view/15158

A new information transmission concept based model of excitable media with continuous outputs of the model’s cells and variable excitation time is proposed. Continuous character of the outputs instigates infinitesimal inaccuracies in calculations. It generates countless number of the cells’ excitation variants that occur in front of the wave even in the homogenous and isotropic grid. New approach allows obtain many wave propagation patterns observed in real world experiments and known simulation studies. The model suggests a new spiral breakup mechanism based on tensions and gradually deepening clefts that appear in front of the wave caused by uneven propagation speed of curved and planar segments of the wave. The analysis hints that the wave breakdown and daughter wavelet bursting behavior possibly is inherent peculiarity of excitable media with weak ties between the cells, short refractory period and granular structure. The model suggested is located between cellular automaton with discrete outputs and differential equation based models and gives a new tool to simulate wave propagation patterns in applied disciplines. It is also a new line of attack aimed to understand wave bursting, propagation and annihilation processes in isotropic homogenous media.