The paper can be published once the authors more clearly confront their disagreement with the results of Boal and Ng.
The authors find that results at beta = 0 are most similar to the experimental reticulate patterns. In the force model, there are three forces: elastic, gliding, and contact/cohesion. The contact/cohesion force is presented in equation 12, and is proportional to epsilon. After Equation 23, the authors define beta = epsilon/(zeta⋅v0), implying that there will be no contact/cohesion forces when beta = 0. However, in the results of Figures 3, 4, and 5 the results for beta = 0 clearly show interactions between the filaments. The fourth paragraph of section 2.9 describes a hard-core interaction, which appears to be the source of the patterns when beta = 0. This hard-core interaction should be mentioned after Equation 12, since it is not simply an implementation issue but the dominant interaction with beta = 0.