Browning [i.e. Brownian] agents and active particles : collective dynamics in the natural and social sciences

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Browning [i.e. Brownian] agents and active particles : collective dynamics in the natural and social sciences

Frank Schweitzer ; with foreword by J. Doyne Farmer

(Springer series in synergetics)(Springer complexity)

Springer, c2007

2nd print

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Brownian agents and active particles

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-413) and index

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Description

This book lays out a vision for a coherent framework for understanding complex systems. By developing the genuine idea of Brownian agents, the author combines concepts from informatics, such as multiagent systems, with approaches of statistical many-particle physics. It demonstrates that Brownian agent models can be successfully applied in many different contexts, ranging from physicochemical pattern formation to swarming in biological systems.

Table of Contents

Complex Systems and Agent Models.- Active Particles.- Aggregation and Physicochemical Structure Formation.- Self-Organization of Networks.- Tracks and Trail Formation in Biological Systems.- Movement and Trail Formation by Pedestrians.- Evolutionary Optimization Using Brownian Searchers.- Analysis and Simulation of Urban Aggregation.- Economic Agglomeration.- Spatial Opinion Structures in Social Systems.- Erratum.

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