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We introduce a formalism of fractional diffusion on networks based on a fractional Laplacian matrix that can be constructed directly from the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the Laplacian matrix. This fractional approach allows random walks…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-23 A. P. Riascos , José L. Mateos

Stochastic resetting is a protocol of starting anew, which can be used to facilitate the escape kinetics. We demonstrate that restarting can accelerate the escape kinetics from a finite interval restricted by two absorbing boundaries also…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-04-24 Bartosz Żbik , Bartłomiej Dybiec

Levy walks define a fundamental concept in random walk theory which allows one to model diffusive spreading that is faster than Brownian motion. They have many applications across different disciplines. However, so far the derivation of a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-07-08 J. P. Taylor-King , R. Klages , S. Fedotov , R. A. Van Gorder

Transport of the Brownian particles driven by L\'evy flights coexisting with subdiffusion in asymmetric periodic potentials is investigated in the absence of any external driving forces. Using the Langevin-type dynamics with subordination…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-03-22 Bao-quan Ai , Ya-feng He

Standard Reaction-Diffusion (RD) systems are characterized by infinite velocities and no persistence in the movement of individuals, two conditions that are violated when considering living organisms. Here we consider a discrete particle…

Biological Physics · Physics 2019-01-09 Davide Vergni , Stefano Berti , Angelo Vulpiani , Massimo Cencini

We study an individual-based model in which two spatially-distributed species, characterized by different diffusivities, compete for resources. We consider three different ecological settings. In the first, diffusing faster has a cost in…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2016-01-27 Simone Pigolotti , Roberto Benzi

Random flights (also called run-and-tumble walks or transport processes) represent finite velocity random motions changing direction at any Poissonian time. These models in d-dimension, can be studied giving a general formulation of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-10-16 Luca Angelani , Alessandro De Gregorio , Roberto Garra , Francesco Iafrate

We study a random walk on a point process given by an ordered array of points $(\omega_k, \, k \in \mathbb{Z})$ on the real line. The distances $\omega_{k+1} - \omega_k$ are i.i.d. random variables in the domain of attraction of a…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-05-05 Samuele Stivanello , Gianmarco Bet , Alessandra Bianchi , Marco Lenci , Elena Magnanini

Stochastic reaction-diffusion equations are a popular modelling approach for studying interacting populations in a heterogeneous environment under the influence of environmental fluctuations. Although the theoretical basis of alternative…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2017-02-16 Ivo Siekmann , Michael Bengfort , Horst Malchow

We study the statistical properties of overdamped particles driven by two cross-correlated multiplicative Gaussian white noises in a time-dependent environment. Using the Langevin and Fokker-Planck approaches, we derive the exact…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-16 S. I. Denisov , A. N. Vitrenko , W. Horsthemke , P. Hänggi

This paper concerns the propagation of particles through a quenched random medium. In the one- and two-dimensional models considered, the local dynamics is given by expanding circle maps and hyperbolic toral automorphisms, respectively. The…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2011-10-18 Tapio Simula , Mikko Stenlund

We show that the generalized diffusion coefficient of a subdiffusive intermittent map is a fractal function of control parameters. A modified continuous time random walk theory yields its coarse functional form and correctly describes a…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-26 N. Korabel , A. V. Chechkin , R. Klages , I. M. Sokolov , V. Yu. Gonchar

We investigate the dynamics of a particle moving randomly along a disordered hetero-polymer subjected to rapid conformational changes which induce superdiffusive motion in chemical coordinates. We study the antagonistic interplay between…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Brockmann , T. Geisel

Diffusion of colloidal particles in a complex environment such as polymer networks or biological cells is a topic of high complexity with significant biological and medical relevance. In such situations, the interaction between the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-11-10 Andreas M. Menzel

The time that waves spend inside 1D random media with the possibility of performing L\'evy walks is experimentally and theoretically studied. The dynamics of quantum and classical wave diffusion has been investigated in canonical disordered…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-12-07 L. A. Razo-López , A. A. Fernández-Marín , J. A. Méndez-Bermúdez , J. Sánchez-Dehesa , V. A. Gopar

The dynamic spatial redistribution of individuals is a key driving force of various spatiotemporal phenomena on geographical scales. It can synchronise populations of interacting species, stabilise them, and diversify gene pools [1-3].…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. Brockmann , L. Hufnagel , T. Geisel

The ensemble properties and time-averaged observables of a memory-induced diffusive-superdiffusive transition are studied. The model consists in a random walker whose transitions in a given direction depend on a weighted linear combination…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-05-11 Adrian A. Budini

After a general introduction to the field, we describe some recent results concerning disorder effects on both `random walk models', where the random walk is a dynamical process generated by local transition rules, and on `polymer models',…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Cecile Monthus

The diffusion of molecules in complex intracellular environments can be strongly influenced by spatial heterogeneity and stochasticity. A key challenge when modelling such processes using stochastic random walk frameworks is that negative…

Biological Physics · Physics 2019-01-31 Elliot J. Carr , Matthew J. Simpson

We investigate a model for spatial epidemics explicitly taking into account bi-directional movements between base and destination locations on individual mobility networks. We provide a systematic analysis of generic dynamical features of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-03-07 Vitaly Belik , Theo Geisel , Dirk Brockmann