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Different examples of structure formation processes are investigated numerically by simulating the collective behaviour of a family of \(N\) active Brownian particles which generate the field \(h(r,t)\) satisfying \[ \frac{\partial}{\partial t}h(r,t)= q\sum\limits_{i=1}^N\delta(r-r_i(t))-kh+D\Delta h, \] where \(q\) is a generation rate, \(k\) is a decay rate and \(D\) is a coefficient of diffision. The approach is based on numerically solving the Langevin equations which is more effective than integration of the corresponding partial differential equations. Numerical results concerning evolution of spikes and waves, as well as formation of trails and networks are presented. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0913.00025].