  This work concerns a many-body deterministic model that displays life-like
properties as emergence, complexity, self-organization, spontaneous
compartmentalization, and self-regulation. The model portraits the dynamics of
an ensemble of locally coupled polar phase oscillators, moving in a
two-dimensional space, that in certain conditions exhibit emergent
superstructures. Those superstructures are self-organized dynamic networks,
resulting from a synchronization process of many units, over length scales much
greater than the interaction length. Such networks compartmentalize the
two-dimensional space with no a priori constraints, due to the formation of
porous transport walls, and represent a highly complex and novel non-linear
behavior. The analysis is numerically carried out as a function of a control
parameter showing distinct regimes: static, stable dynamic networks,
intermittency, and chaos. A statistical analysis is drawn to determine the
control parameter ranges for the various behaviors to appear.
