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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

Problems involving the capture of a moving entity by a trap occur in a variety of physical situations, the moving entity being an electron, an excitation, an atom, a molecule, a biological object such as a receptor cluster, a cell, or even…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-17 K. Spendier , S. Sugaya , V. M. Kenkre

We study the degree of success of a single predator hunting a herd of prey on a two dimensional square lattice landscape. We explicitly consider the self volume of the prey restraining their dynamics on the lattice. The movement of both…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2016-10-05 M. Schwarzl , A. Godec , G. Oshanin , R. Metzler

The diffusive Beddington-DeAngelis predator-prey model with nonlinear prey-taxis and free boundary is considered. We investigate the existence and uniqueness, regularity and uniform estimates, and long time behavior of the global solution.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-11-14 Jianping Wang , Mingxin Wang

Optimal random foraging strategy has gained increasing concentrations. It is shown that L\'evy flight is more efficient compared with the Brownian motion when the targets are sparse. However, standard L\'evy flight generally cannot be…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-06-05 Yuquan Chen , Derek Hollenbeck , Yong Wang , YangQuan Chen

Swarming is a conspicuous behavioural trait observed in bird flocks, fish shoals, insect swarms and mammal herds. It is thought to improve collective awareness and offer protection from predators. Many current models involve the hypothesis…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2015-06-22 Daniel J. G. Pearce , A. M. Miller , George Rowlands , Matthew S. Turner

We study a singular diffusive prey-predator system with nonlocal dispersal for which the carrying capacity of the predator is proportional to the density of prey. We show the existence of positive one-dimensional traveling waves connecting…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Jong-Shenq Guo , François Hamel , Chin-Chin Wu

We consider a spatially distributed population dynamics model with excitable predator-prey dynamics, where species propagate in space due to their taxis with respect to each other's gradient in addition to, or instead of, their diffusive…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-10 V. N. Biktashev , J. Brindley , A. V. Holden , M. A. Tsyganov

We study a mathematical model of environments populated by both preys and predators, with the possibility for predators to actively compete for the territory. For this model we study existence and uniqueness of solutions, and their…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-12-06 Henri Berestycki , Alessandro Zilio

The survival chance of a prey chased by a predator depends not only on their relative speeds but importantly also on the local environment they have to face. For example, a wolf chasing a deer might take a long time to cross a river which…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-03-23 Fabian Jan Schwarzendahl , Hartmut Löwen

The diffusion of a walk in the presence of traps is investigated. Different diffusion regimes are obtained considering the magnitude of the fluctuations in waiting times and jump distances. A constant velocity during the jump motion is…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-25 Alexei Vazquez , Oscar Sotolongo Costa , Francois Brouers

Two density-dependent branching processes are considered to model predator-prey populations. For both models, preys are considered to be the main food supply of predators. Moreover, in each generation the number of individuals of each…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-07-01 Cristina Gutiérrez , Carmen Minuesa

1. The utilisation distribution describes the relative probability of use of a spatial unit by an animal. It is natural to think of it as the long-term consequence of the animal's short-term movement decisions: it is the accumulation of…

Applications · Statistics 2018-10-25 Théo Michelot , Marie-Pierre Etienne , Pierre Gloaguen

Simultaneously grasping and delivering multiple objects can significantly enhance robotic work efficiency and has been a key research focus for decades. The primary challenge lies in determining how to push objects, group them, and execute…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-04 Takahiro Yonemaru , Weiwei Wan , Tatsuki Nishimura , Kensuke Harada

We present an individual-based model for two interacting populations diffusing on lattices in which a strong natural selection develops spontaneously. The models combine traditional local predator-prey dynamics with random walks.…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2007-05-23 Monica F. B. Moreira , Marcio P. Dantas , A. T. Costa

We consider processes that coincide with a given diffusion process outside a finite collection of domains. In each of the domains, there is, additionally, a large drift directed towards the interior of the domain. We describe the limiting…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-10-20 Mark Freidlin , Leonid Koralov , Alexander Wentzell

Collective migration of cells and animals often relies on a specialised set of "leaders", whose role is to steer a population of naive followers towards some target. We formulate a continuous model to understand the dynamics and structure…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2021-02-10 Sara Bernardi , Raluca Eftimie , Kevin J. Painter

Using Monte Carlo simulations we study two-dimensional prey-predator systems. Measuring the variance of densities of prey and predators on the triangular lattice and on the lattice with eight neighbours, we conclude that temporal…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Małgorzata Kowalik , Adam Lipowski , Antonio L. Ferreira

The probability distribution effectively sampled by a complex Langevin process for theories with a sign problem is not known a priori and notoriously hard to understand. Diffusion models, a class of generative AI, can learn distributions…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2024-12-05 Diaa E. Habibi , Gert Aarts , Lingxiao Wang , Kai Zhou

In this paper we investigate a free boundary problem for the diffusive Leslie-Gower prey-predator model with double free boundaries in one space dimension. This system models the expanding of an invasive or new predator species in which the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-10-27 Mingxin Wang , Qianying Zhang