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In this work we review some recent development in the mathematical modelling of quantitative sociology by means of statistical mechanics. After a short pedagogical introduction to static and dynamic properties of many body systems, we…

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As an alternative view to the graph formation models in the statistical physics community, we introduce graph formation models using \textit{network formation} through selfish competition as an approach to modeling graphs with particular…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-13 Shaun Lichter , Christopher Griffin , Terry Friesz

In this work and the supporting Parts II [2] and III [3], we provide a rather detailed analysis of the stability and performance of asynchronous strategies for solving distributed optimization and adaptation problems over networks. We…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-12-17 Xiaochuan Zhao , Ali H. Sayed

A model of six-species food web is studied in the viewpoint of spatial interaction structures. Each species has two predators and two preys, and it was previously known that the defensive alliances of three cyclically predating species…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Beom Jun Kim , Jianbin Liu , Jaegon Um , Sung-Ik Lee

We study the statistics of ecosystems with a variable number of co-evolving species. The species interact in two ways: by prey-predator relationships and by direct competition with similar kinds. The interaction coefficients change slowly…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2015-06-26 Michael Lassig , Ugo Bastolla , Susanna C. Manrubia , Angelo Valleriani

Much recent research activity has been devoted to empirical study and theoretical models of complex networks (random graphs) with three qualitative features: power-law degree distribution, local clustering of edges, and small diameter. We…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2017-08-23 David J. Aldous

We study the conditions under which species interaction, as described by continuous versions of the competitive Lotka-Volterra model (namely the nonlocal Kolmogorov-Fisher model, and its differential approximation), can support the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-04-02 Pavel V. Paulau , Damia Gomila , Cristobal Lopez , Emilio Hernandez-Garcia

Ecosystems display a complex spatial organization. Ecologists have long tried to characterize them by looking at how different measures of biodiversity change across spatial scales. Ecological neutral theory has provided simple predictions…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2017-12-13 Simone Pigolotti , Massimo Cencini , Daniel Molina , Miguel A. Muñoz

Random walks and related spatial stochastic models have been used in a range of application areas including animal and plant ecology, infectious disease epidemiology, developmental biology, wound healing, and oncology. Classical random walk…

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Empirical observations show that ecological communities can have a huge number of coexisting species, also with few or limited number of resources. These ecosystems are characterized by multiple type of interactions, in particular…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2018-05-18 Chengyi Tu , Samir Suweis , Jacopo Grillib , Marco Formentin , Amos Maritan

Empirical observations show that ecological communities can have a huge number of coexisting species, also with few or limited number of resources. These ecosystems are characterized by multiple type of interactions, in particular…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2018-05-21 Chengyi Tu , Samir Suweis , Jacopo Grilli , Marco Formentin , Amos Maritan

The topological properties of the one-dimensional interacting systems with spatially modulated interaction in two-particle regime are theoretically investigated. Taking the boson-Hubbard model and spinless fermion interacting model as…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-02-11 Zheng-Wei Zuo , Wanwan Shi , Haisheng Li

In this paper, a shape optimization problem constrained by a random elliptic partial differential equation with a pure Neumann boundary is presented. The model is motivated by applications in interface identification, where we assume…

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To understand the biodiversity of an ecosystem cannot be understood by solely analyzing the pair relations of competing species. Instead, we should consider multi-point interactions because the presence of a third party could change the…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2022-03-01 Breno F. de Oliveira , Attila Szolnoki

We consider a broad class of stochastic lattice predator-prey models, whose main features are overviewed. In particular, this article aims at drawing a picture of the influence of spatial fluctuations, which are not accounted for by the…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2011-12-20 Mauro Mobilia , Ivan T. Georgiev , Uwe C. Tauber

We introduce a stochastic geometry dynamics inspired by opinion dynamics that captures the essence of modern asymmetric social networks with leaders and followers. Points in the Euclidean space represent opinions, and the leader of an agent…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Natasa Dragovic , Francois Baccelli

The interplay between space and evolution is an important issue in population dynamics, that is in particular crucial in the emergence of polymorphism and spatial patterns. Recently, biological studies suggest that invasion and evolution…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-08-16 Nicolas Champagnat , Sylvie Méléard

Spatially extended population dynamics models that incorporate intrinsic noise serve as case studies for the role of fluctuations and correlations in biological systems. Including spatial structure and stochastic noise in predator-prey…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-01-09 Ulrich Dobramysl , Mauro Mobilia , Michel Pleimling , Uwe C. Täuber

We propose a new dynamic stochastic blockmodel that focuses on the analysis of interaction lengths in networks. The model does not rely on a discretization of the time dimension and may be used to analyze networks that evolve continuously…

Methodology · Statistics 2019-01-29 Riccardo Rastelli , Michael Fop

Understanding the mechanisms of species coexistence has always been a fundamental topic in ecology. Classical theory predicts that interspecific competition may select for traits that stabilize niche differences, although recent work shows…

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