The emergence of waves in random discrete systems

Essential criteria for the emergence of wave-like manifestations occurring in an entirely discrete system are identified using a simple model for the movement of particles through a network. The dynamics are entirely stochastic and memoryless involving a birth-death-migration process. The requiremen...

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Main Authors: Pickton, John, Hopcraft, Keith Iain, Jakeman, Eric
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Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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description Essential criteria for the emergence of wave-like manifestations occurring in an entirely discrete system are identified using a simple model for the movement of particles through a network. The dynamics are entirely stochastic and memoryless involving a birth-death-migration process. The requirements are that the network should have at least three nodes, that migration should have a directional bias, and that the particle dynamics have a non-local dependence. Well defined bifurcations mark transitions between amorphous, wave-like and collapsed states with an intermittent regime between the latter two.
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spelling nottingham-396322020-05-04T18:24:42Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39632/ The emergence of waves in random discrete systems Pickton, John Hopcraft, Keith Iain Jakeman, Eric Essential criteria for the emergence of wave-like manifestations occurring in an entirely discrete system are identified using a simple model for the movement of particles through a network. The dynamics are entirely stochastic and memoryless involving a birth-death-migration process. The requirements are that the network should have at least three nodes, that migration should have a directional bias, and that the particle dynamics have a non-local dependence. Well defined bifurcations mark transitions between amorphous, wave-like and collapsed states with an intermittent regime between the latter two. Nature Publishing Group 2016-12-23 Article PeerReviewed Pickton, John, Hopcraft, Keith Iain and Jakeman, Eric (2016) The emergence of waves in random discrete systems. Scientific Reports, 6 (21). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2045-2322 http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-016-0022-3 doi:10.1038/s41598-016-0022-3 doi:10.1038/s41598-016-0022-3
spellingShingle Pickton, John
Hopcraft, Keith Iain
Jakeman, Eric
The emergence of waves in random discrete systems
title The emergence of waves in random discrete systems
title_full The emergence of waves in random discrete systems
title_fullStr The emergence of waves in random discrete systems
title_full_unstemmed The emergence of waves in random discrete systems
title_short The emergence of waves in random discrete systems
title_sort emergence of waves in random discrete systems
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