About the Authors

Vitor H. P. Louzada

louzada@ethz.ch

Affiliation Computational Physics, IfB, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Nuno A. M. Araújo

Affiliations Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Trivik Verma

Affiliation Computational Physics, IfB, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Fabio Daolio

Affiliation Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, Wakasato, Nagano city, Japan

Hans J. Herrmann

Affiliations Computational Physics, IfB, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Marco Tomassini

Affiliation Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. In addition, we would like to confirm, as requested, that M. Tomassini, one of the authors, is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VHPL NAMA TV FD. Performed the experiments: VHPL. Analyzed the data: VHPL NAMA HJH MT. Wrote the paper: VHPL NAMA TV FD HJH MT.