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In this overview article we will consider the deliberate restarting of algorithms, a meta technique, in order to improve the algorithm's performance, e.g., convergence rates or approximation guarantees. One of the major advantages is that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-29 Sebastian Pokutta

We study independent searchers competing for a target under restarts and find that introduction of restarts tends to enhance the search efficiency of an already efficient searcher. As a result, the difference between the search…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-09-17 R. K. Singh , R. Metzler , T. Sandev

In the present work, we study random walks on complex networks subject to stochastic resetting when the resetting probability is node-dependent. Using a renewal approach, we derive the exact expressions of the stationary occupation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-05-05 Yanfei Ye , Hanshuang Chen

We develop a diffusion approximation for systems subject to fast random resetting by small amplitudes. Equivalently, this describes systems with frequent but small catastrophes. We demonstrate the validity of the approximation by computing…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-02-26 Tobias Galla

We combine the processes of resetting and first-passage to define \emph{first-passage resetting}, where the resetting of a random walk to a fixed position is triggered by a first-passage event of the walk itself. In an infinite domain,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-06-22 B. De Bruyne , J. Randon-Furling , S. Redner

We consider the mean time to absorption by an absorbing target of a diffusive particle with the addition of a process whereby the particle is reset to its initial position with rate $r$. We consider several generalisations of the model of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-11-24 Martin R. Evans , Satya N. Majumdar

We propose prioritized unit propagation with periodic resetting, which is a simple but surprisingly effective algorithm for solving random SAT instances that are meant to be hard. In particular, an evaluation on the Random Track of the 2017…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-12-13 Xujie Si , Yujia Li , Vinod Nair , Felix Gimeno

In terms of the concepts of state and state transition, a new heuristic random search algorithm named state transition algorithm is proposed. For continuous function optimization problems, four special transformation operators called…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-10 Xiaojun Zhou , Chunhua Yang , Weihua Gui

A novel paradigm for sorting is introduced, based upon resetting. Using simple examples, we demonstrate that sorting is achieved by resetting the velocity component(s) or orientation of the particles, rather than position. The objects to be…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-03-23 Bart Cleuren , Ralf Eichhorn

We study a class of stochastic resetting (SR) processes in which a diffusing particle alternates between free motion and confinement by an externally controlled potential. When the particle is recaptured, it undergoes a return trajectory…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-19 Derek Frydel

Resetting or restart, when applied to a stochastic process, usually brings its dynamics to a time-independent stationary state. In turn, the optimal resetting rate makes the mean time to reach a target to be the shortest one. These and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-08-31 Przemyslaw Chelminiak

Stochastic processes offer a fundamentally different paradigm of dynamics than deterministic processes, the most prominent example of the latter being Newton's laws of motion. Here, we discuss in a pedagogical manner a simple and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-04-15 Shamik Gupta , Arun M. Jayannavar

Resetting is a strategy for boosting the speed of a target-searching process. Since its introduction over a decade ago, most studies have been carried out under the assumption that resetting takes place instantaneously. However, due to its…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-05-09 Priyo Shankar Pal , Arnab Pal , Hyunggyu Park , Jae Sung Lee

Stochastic resetting models diverse phenomena across numerous scientific disciplines. Current understanding stems from the renewal framework, which relates systems subject to global resetting to their non-resetting counterparts. Yet, in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-03-10 Asaf Miron , Shlomi Reuveni

Due to wide applications in diverse fields, random walks subject to stochastic resetting have attracted considerable attention in the last decade. In this paper, we study discrete-time random walks on complex network with multiple resetting…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-10-01 Shuang Wang , Hanshuang Chen , Feng Huang

Restart -- interrupting a stochastic process followed by a new start -- is known to improve the mean time to its completion, and the general conditions under which such an improvement is achieved are now well understood. Here, we explore…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-03-11 Sergey Belan

The effects of a stochastic reset, to its initial configuration, is studied in the exactly solvable one-dimensional coagulation-diffusion process. A finite resetting rate leads to a modified non-equilibrium stationary state. If in addition…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-02-04 Xavier Durang , Malte Henkel , Hyunggyu Park

We introduce the profligacy of a search process as a competition between its expected cost and the probability of finding the target. The arbiter of the competition is a parameter $\lambda$ that represents how much a searcher invests into…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-10-11 John C. Sunil , Richard A. Blythe , Martin R. Evans , Satya N. Majumdar

We extend the theoretical framework used to study search processes with stochastic resetting to the case of partially absorbing targets. Instead of an absorption event occurring when the search particle reaches the boundary of a target, the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-04-20 Ryan D. Schumm , Paul C. Bressloff

Resetting a stochastic process has been shown to expedite the completion time of some complex tasks, such as finding a target for the first time. Here we consider the cost of resetting by associating to each reset a cost, which is a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-02-13 John C. Sunil , Richard A. Blythe , Martin R. Evans , Satya N. Majumdar