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Agent-Based Simulation of the Two-Dimensional Patlak-Keller-Segel Model

Statistical Mechanics 2019-09-30 v1

Abstract

The Patlak-Keller-Segel equation describes the chemotactic interactions of small organisms in the continuum limit, and a singular peak appears through spontaneous aggregation when the total mass of the organisms exceeds a critical value. To deal with this singular behavior numerically, we propose an agent-based simulation method in which both the organisms and the chemicals are represented as particles. Our numerical estimates for the threshold behavior are consistent with the analytic predictions.

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@article{arxiv.1909.07642,
  title  = {Agent-Based Simulation of the Two-Dimensional Patlak-Keller-Segel Model},
  author = {Gyu Ho Bae and Seung Ki Baek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.07642},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

6 pages, 2 figures (to appear in J. Korean Phys. Soc.)