Introduction
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Assumption:
Waves are soliton-like
existence of solitary waves
interaction is elastic and nonlinear

(Hammack et al. 1995)
Mathematical tools:
Soliton theory, Hirota bilinear formalism, (2+1)-dim. KdV type equations, multi-soliton solutions
Basic idea:
Associate waves with solitons and wave patterns with interaction patterns of solitons