The emergence of waves in random discrete systems

Abstract 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 r...

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Autores principales: John Pickton, Keith Iain Hopcraft, Eric Jakeman
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/b447911adbd9421bb160bfd36300c801
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Sumario:Abstract 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.