About the Authors

Margaret J. Eppstein

Maggie.Eppstein@uvm.edu

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Jeffrey D. Horbar

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America, Vermont Oxford Network, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Jeffrey S. Buzas

Affiliations Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America, Vermont Oxford Network, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Stuart A. Kauffman

Affiliation Complex Systems Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJE JDH JSB SAK. Performed the experiments: MJE. Analyzed the data: MJE JDH JSB. Wrote the paper: MJE JDH JSB SAK. Designed the software models used in the study: MJE JSB.