CROSS-FERTILIZATION BETWEEN MODELS IN PHYLLOTAXIS
Roger V. Jean · Journal of Biological Systems · 1999
There are many models in phyllotaxis concerned with optimality principles which are apparently equivalent. The important problem of showing the equivalence of the models has been underlined but not addressed yet. This paper addresses the general problem of determining up to which point we have equivalence. The viewpoint adopted is the one of the outcomes of the models, of what they generate, and of what they don't, at least in their actual states. It will be emphasized too that models in phyllotaxis can be compared at many different levels, and that their biological supports can spring from many of these levels.