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Transport is an important function of networks. Studying transport efficiency sheds light on the dynamic processes occurring within various underlying structures and offers a wide range of applications. To construct networks with different…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-27 Zhenhua Yuan , Junhao Peng , Long Gao

A class of algorithms in discrete space and continuous time for Brownian first passage time estimation is considered. A simple algorithm is derived that yields exact mean first passage times (MFPT) for linear potentials in one dimension,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-09-29 Artur B. Adib

The transport properties of discrete-time random walks on ring networks with deterministic shortcuts are investigated through analytical and numerical methods. The network consists of a periodic chain where each node is connected to its…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-30 Oscar Ivan Torres Mena , Francisco J Sevilla

We derive a general formula for computing the expected first return time of a random walk on a finite graph. Using this framework, we calculate the expected first return time in various settings over bounded rectangular grids with different…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-05-06 Nan An

We study the time until first occurrence, the first-passage time, of rare density fluctuations in diffusive systems. We approach the problem using a model consisting of many independent random walkers on a lattice. The existence of spatial…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-05-16 David P. Sanders , Hernán Larralde

In this paper, we consider the random walk process on a kind of fractal (or transfractal) scale free networks, which also called as $(u,v)$ flowers, and we focus on the global first passage time (GFPT) and first return time (FRT). Here, we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-10-27 Junhao Peng

The determination of mean first-passage time (MFPT) for random walks in networks is a theoretical challenge, and is a topic of considerable recent interest within the physics community. In this paper, according to the known connections…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-01-30 Zhongzhi Zhang , Yi Qi , Shuigeng Zhou , Shuyang Gao , Jihong Guan

Fractal phenomena may be widely observed in a great number of complex systems. In this paper, we revisit the well-known Vicsek fractal, and study some of its structural properties for purpose of understanding how the underlying topology…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-11-10 Fei Ma , Xiaomin Wang , Ping Wang , Xudong Luo

Random walks have wide application in real lives, ranging from target search, reaction kinetics, polymer chains, to the forecast of the arrive time of extreme events, diseases or opinions. In this paper, we consider discrete random walks on…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-01-22 Junhao Peng , Renxiang Shao , Huoyun Wang

This article describes an accurate procedure for computing the mean first passage times of a finite irreducible Markov chain and a Markov renewal process. The method is a refinement to the Kohlas, Zeit fur Oper Res, 30,197-207, (1986)…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-02-17 Jeffrey J. Hunter

We consider a run-and-tumble particle on a half-line with an absorbing target at the origin. The particle has an internal velocity state that switches between two opposite values at Poisson-distributed times. The position of the particle…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-06-19 Pascal Grange , Linglong Yuan

Networks and network computations have become a primary mathematical tool for analyzing the structure of many kinds of complex systems, ranging from the Internet and transportation networks to biochemical interactions and social networks. A…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-07-11 M. E. J. Newman

We consider the problem of bounding mean first passage times for a class of continuous-time Markov chains that captures stochastic interactions between groups of identical agents. The quantitative analysis of such probabilistic population…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-07 Michael Backenköhler , Luca Bortolussi , Verena Wolf

We propose an approximation for the first return time distribution of random walks on undirected networks. We combine a message-passing solution with a mean-field approximation, to account for the short- and long-term behaviours…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Erik Hormann , Renaud Lambiotte , George T. Cantwell

We develop a model to compute the first-passage time of a random walker in a crowded environment. Hard-core particles with the same size and diffusion coefficient than the tracer diffuse, and the model allows to compute the first passage…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-02-27 Vincent Tejedor

We present an analytical approximation scheme for the first passage time distribution on a finite interval of a random walker on a random forcing energy landscape. The approximation scheme captures the behavior of the distribution over all…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-09-23 Michael Sheinman , Olivier Bénichou , Raphaël Voituriez , Yariv Kafri

The first passage time (FPT) for random walks is a key indicator of how fast information diffuses in a given system. Despite the role of FPT as a fundamental feature in transport phenomena, its behavior, particularly in heterogeneous…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-05 S. Hwang , D. -S. Lee , B. Kahng

The transport of particles in cells is influenced by the properties of intracellular networks they traverse while searching for localized target regions or reaction partners. Moreover, given the rapid turnover in many intracellular…

Biological Physics · Physics 2024-06-21 Lachlan Elam , Mónica C. Quiñones-Frías , Ying Zhang , Avital A. Rodal , Thomas G. Fai

In this paper, we investigate random walks in a family of small-world trees having an exponential degree distribution. First, we address a trapping problem, that is, a particular case of random walks with an immobile trap located at the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-08-25 Zhongzhi Zhang , Xintong Li , Yuan Lin , Guanrong Chen

We propose a model for anomalous transport in inhomogeneous environments, such as fractured rocks, in which particles move only along pre-existing self-similar curves (cracks). The stochastic Loewner equation is used to efficiently generate…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-11-13 A. Zoia , Y. Kantor , M. Kardar