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Transfer entropy in information theory was recently demonstrated [Phys. Rev. E 102, 012404 (2020)] to enable us to elucidate the interaction domain among interacting elements solely from an ensemble of trajectories. There, only pairs of…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2021-01-19 Udoy S. Basak , Sulimon Sattari , Hossain M. Motaleb , Kazuki Horikawa , Tamiki Komatsuzaki

Experimental observations of animal collective behavior have shown stunning evidence for the emergence of large-scale cooperative phenomena resembling phase transitions in physical systems. Indeed, quantitative studies have found scale-free…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-03-27 Gabriel Baglietto , Ezequiel V. Albano , Julián Candia

We investigate the emergence of cohesive flocking in open, boundless space using a multi-agent reinforcement learning framework. Agents integrate positional and orientational information from their closest topological neighbours and learn…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-02-02 Martino Brambati , Antonio Celani , Marco Gherardi , Francesco Ginelli

The flocking of self-propelled particles in heterogeneous environments is relevant to both natural and artificial systems. The Vicsek model is a canonical choice to investigate such systems due to the minimal number of parameters required…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-12-11 Eighdi Aung , Nicole Abaid , James E. McClure

It is generally accepted that, when moving in groups, animals process information to coordinate their motion. Recent studies have begun to apply rigorous methods based on Information Theory to quantify such distributed computation.…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2017-05-05 Emanuele Crosato , Li Jiang , Valentin Lecheval , Joseph T. Lizier , X. Rosalind Wang , Pierre Tichit , Guy Theraulaz , Mikhail Prokopenko

Understanding how opinions spread through a community or how consensus emerges in noisy environments can have a significant impact on our comprehension of social relations among individuals. In this work a model for the dynamics of opinion…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-11-13 V. Schwammle , M. C. Gonzalez , A. A. Moreira , J. S. Jr. Andrade , H. J. Herrmann

We use topological data analysis and machine learning to study a seminal model of collective motion in biology [D'Orsogna et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006)]. This model describes agents interacting nonlinearly via attractive-repulsive…

We investigate the effects of long-range social interactions in flocking dynamics by studying the dynamics of a scalar model of collective motion embedded in a complex network representing a pattern of social interactions, as observed in…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-10-23 M. Carmen Miguel , Romualdo Pastor-Satorras

Collective motion is a fundamental phenomenon in biological swarms. As a framework for studying synchronization in motions, the Vicsek model is simple and efficient, assuming isotropic interactions with a complete field of view. Drawing…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-12-23 Haoshuai Wang , Zhaoqi Dong , Lei Chen

The Vicsek model has long stood as a pivotal framework in exploring collective behavior and self-organization, captivating the scientific community with its compelling dynamics. However, understanding how noise influences synchronization…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-03-10 Wei Su , Yongguang Yu , Ge Chen

The nature of the phase transition in a system of self-propelling particles has been extensively studied during the last few decades. A theoretical model was proposed by T. Vicsek, {\it et. al.} [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 75}, 1226 (1995)] with…

Biological Physics · Physics 2015-09-21 P. The Nguyen , Sang-Hee Lee , V. Thanh Ngo

We study a binary metric-free Vicsek model involving two species of self-propelled particles aligning with their Voronoi neighbors, focusing on a weakly nonreciprocal regime, where species $A$ aligns with both $A$ and $B$, but species $B$…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-04-04 Tian Tang , Yu Duan , Yu-qiang Ma

Feed-forward deep neural networks have been used extensively in various machine learning applications. Developing a precise understanding of the underling behavior of neural networks is crucial for their efficient deployment. In this paper,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-03-22 Pejman Khadivi , Ravi Tandon , Naren Ramakrishnan

Although instantaneous interactions are unphysical, a large variety of maximum entropy statistical inference methods match the model-inferred and the empirically-measured equal-time correlation functions. Focusing on collective motion of…

We use a well known model (T. Vicsek et al. Phys Rev Lett 15, 1226 (1995)) for flocking to test mutual information as a tool for detecting order-disorder transitions, in particular when observations of the system are limited. We show that…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2009-11-13 R. T. Wicks , S. C. Chapman , R. O. Dendy

We apply tools from topological data analysis to two mathematical models inspired by biological aggregations such as bird flocks, fish schools, and insect swarms. Our data consists of numerical simulation output from the models of Vicsek…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2018-11-21 Chad M. Topaz , Lori Ziegelmeier , Tom Halverson

We study the effects of animal social networks with a weighted pattern of interactions on the flocking transition exhibited by models of self-organized collective motion. Considering a model representing dynamics on a one-dimensional…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-10-19 Jaume Ojer , Romualdo Pastor-Satorras

A class of models describing the flow of information within networks via routing processes is proposed and investigated, concentrating on the effects of memory traces on the global properties. The long-term flow of information is governed…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-05-13 Dimitrije Markovic , Claudius Gros

A model of self-driven particles similar to the Vicsek model [Phys. Rev. Lett. 75 (1995) 1226] but with metric-free interactions is studied by means of a novel Enskog-type kinetic theory. In this model, N particles of constant speed v0 try…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-08-21 Yen-Liang Chou , Rylan Wolfe , Thomas Ihle

Understanding collective self-organization in active matter, such as bird flocks and fish schools, remains a grand challenge in physics. Interactions that induce alignment are essential for flocking; however, alignment alone is generally…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-07-01 Julian Giraldo-Barreto , Viktor Holubec