About the Authors

Hiroki Sayama

sayama@binghamton.edu

Affiliations Collective Dynamics of Complex Systems Research Group, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, United States of America, Departments of Bioengineering & Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, United States of America

Jin Akaishi

Affiliations Collective Dynamics of Complex Systems Research Group, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, United States of America, Faculty of Liberal Studies, Kumamoto National College of Technology, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS JA. Performed the experiments: HS JA. Analyzed the data: HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS JA. Wrote the paper: HS.