Peirce SM

ObjectiveDuring autologous flap transplantation for reconstructive surgeries, plastic surgeons use a surgical pre-treatment strategy called "flap delay," which entails ligating a feeding artery into an adipose tissue flap 10-14 days prior t…

Many biological processes are controlled by both deterministic and stochastic influences. However, efforts to model these systems often rely on either purely stochastic or purely rule-based methods. To better understand the balance between …