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We model the dynamics of social structure by a simple interacting particle system. The social standing of an individual agent is represented by an integer-valued fitness that changes via two offsetting processes. When two agents interact…

Physics and Society · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Ben-Naim , F. Vazquez , S. Redner

In the first half of the paper, some recent advances in coupled dynamical systems, in particular, a globally coupled map are surveyed. First, dominance of Milnor attractors in partially ordered phase is demonstrated. Second, chaotic…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kunihiko Kaneko

Evolutionary game theory has been successfully used to investigate the dynamics of systems, in which many entities have competitive interactions. From a physics point of view, it is interesting to study conditions under which a coordination…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-05-14 Dirk Helbing , Anders Johansson

A type of mechanics will be presented that possesses some distinctive properties. On the one hand, its physical description & rules of operation are readily comprehensible & intuitively clear. On the other, it fully satisfies all observable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-05 Eric Tesse

To study discrete dynamical systems of different types --- deterministic, statistical and quantum --- we develop various approaches. We introduce the concept of a system of discrete relations on an abstract simplicial complex and develop…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-11-10 Vladimir V. Kornyak

This paper deals with the kinetic theory modeling of crowd dynamics with the aim of showing how the dynamics at the micro-scale is transferred to the dynamics of collective behaviors. The derivation of a new model is followed by a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-01-24 Nicola Bellomo , Abdelghani Bellouquid , Damian Knopoff

When particles move at a constant speed and have the tendency to align their directions of motion, ordered large scale movement can emerge despite significant levels of noise. Many variants of this model of self-propelled particles have…

Biological Physics · Physics 2012-12-11 Matthias Meschede , Oskar Hallatschek

The theory, the design and the experimental validation of a catastrophe machine based on a flexible element are addressed for the first time. A general theoretical framework is developed by extending that of the classical catastrophe…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2020-02-20 Alessandro Cazzolli , Diego Misseroni , Francesco Dal Corso

Adaptivity is a dynamical feature that is omnipresent in nature, socio-economics, and technology. For example, adaptive couplings appear in various real-world systems like the power grid, social, and neural networks, and they form the…

Natural flocks (aligned) and swarms (non-aligned) both exhibit features of near-criticality, challenging their treatment as two ends of the same phase transition. We present a model for the aggregation of active individuals, in which their…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2025-11-26 Joao Lizárraga , Marcus de Aguiar

We investigate a system of co-oriented active particles interacting only via hydrodynamic and steric interactions. We offer a new method of calculating the flow created by any active particle in a 2D fluid, focusing on the dynamics of flow…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-11-27 Roee Bashan , Naomi Oppenheimer

A microscopic, stochastic, minimal model for collective and cohesive motion of identical self-propelled particles is introduced. Even though the particles interact strictly locally in a very noisy manner, we show that cohesion can be…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-01-05 Guillaume Gregoire , Hugues Chate , Yuhai Tu

Our recent interest is focused on establishing the necessary and sufficient conditions that guarantee a long-term stable evolution of both natural and artificial systems. Two necessary conditions, called global and local boundedness, are…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Maria K. Koleva , L. A. Petrov

We use computer simulations to study the onset of collective motion in systems of interacting active particles. Our model is a swarm of active Brownian particles with internal energy depot and interactions inspired by the dissipative…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-05-31 Vladimir Lobaskin , Maksym Romenskyy

In recent years statistical physicists have developed {\it discrete} "particle-hopping" models of vehicular traffic, usually formulated in terms of {\it cellular automata}, which are similar to the microscopic models of interacting charged…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Debashish Chowdhury , Ludger Santen , Andreas Schadschneider

The state of a classical point-particle system may often be specified by giving the position and momentum for each constituent particle. For non-pointlike particles, the center-of-mass position may be augmented by an additional coordinate…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-08-02 Rahil N. Valani , David M. Paganin

New features related to collective properties generated in the systems driven by random dynamics are observed and their implications for further understanding of interplay between coherence and chaos are discussed.

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Alexander Volya , Vladimir Zelevinsky

A microscopic field theory for crystallization in active systems is proposed which unifies the phase-field-crystal model of freezing with the Toner-Tu theory for self-propelled particles. A wealth of different active crystalline states are…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-11-20 Andreas M. Menzel , Hartmut Löwen

In this expository and resources chapter we review selected aspects of the mathematics of dynamical systems, stability, and chaos, within a historical framework that draws together two threads of its early development: celestial mechanics…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-11-09 R. Ball , P. Holmes

We propose a novel approach in the study of transport phenomena in dense systems or systems with long range interactions where multiple particle interactions must be taken into consideration. Within Boltzmann's kinetic formalism, we study…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Travis J. Sherman , Johann Rafelski