About the Authors

Andrea De Gaetano

Affiliation CNR-IASI BioMatLab (Italian National Research Council - Institute of Analysis, Systems and Computer Science - Biomathematics Laboratory), UCSC Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy

Claudio Gaz

claudior.gaz@biomatematica.it

Affiliations CNR-IASI BioMatLab (Italian National Research Council - Institute of Analysis, Systems and Computer Science - Biomathematics Laboratory), UCSC Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy, Sapienza Università di Roma, Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering (DIAG), Via Ariosto 25, 00185 Rome, Italy

Pasquale Palumbo

Affiliation CNR-IASI BioMatLab (Italian National Research Council - Institute of Analysis, Systems and Computer Science - Biomathematics Laboratory), UCSC Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy

Simona Panunzi

Affiliation CNR-IASI BioMatLab (Italian National Research Council - Institute of Analysis, Systems and Computer Science - Biomathematics Laboratory), UCSC Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: ADG CG PP SP. Had the original idea and contributed writing the paper: ADG. Contributed in ideas, writing the paper and performed the "in silico" simulations: CG. Contributed in ideas and writing the paper: PP SP.