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Active Particles, Volume 2

Advances in Theory, Models, and Applications

Birkhäuser
  • Explores the most recent advances and methods for applications of active particles
  • Chapters written by leading researchers in their respective areas
  • Guides readers through numerous applications of active particles

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Kinetic and Moment Models for Cell Motion in Fiber Structures

    • Raul Borsche, Axel Klar, Florian Schneider
    Pages 1-38
  3. Kinetic Models for Pattern Formation in Animal Aggregations: A Symmetry and Bifurcation Approach

    • Pietro-Luciano Buono, Raluca Eftimie, Mitchell Kovacic, Lennaert van Veen
    Pages 39-64
  4. Aggregation-Diffusion Equations: Dynamics, Asymptotics, and Singular Limits

    • JosĂ© A. Carrillo, Katy Craig, Yao Yao
    Pages 65-108
  5. Control Strategies for the Dynamics of Large Particle Systems

    • Michael Herty, Lorenzo Pareschi, Sonja Steffensen
    Pages 149-171
  6. Kinetic Equations and Self-organized Band Formations

    • Quentin Griette, Sebastien Motsch
    Pages 173-199
  7. Singular Cucker–Smale Dynamics

    • Piotr Minakowski, Piotr B. Mucha, Jan Peszek, Ewelina Zatorska
    Pages 201-243
  8. A Stochastic-Statistical Residential Burglary Model with Finite Size Effects

    • Chuntian Wang, Yuan Zhang, Andrea L. Bertozzi, Martin B. Short
    Pages 245-274
  9. Correction to: A Stochastic-Statistical Residential Burglary Model with Finite Size Effects

    • Chuntian Wang, Yuan Zhang, Andrea L. Bertozzi, Martin B. Short
    Pages C1-C1

About this book

This volume compiles eight recent surveys that present state-of-the-art results in the field of active matter at different scales, modeled by agent-based, kinetic, and hydrodynamic descriptions. Following the previously published volume, these chapters were written by leading experts in the field and accurately reflect the diversity of subject matter in theory and applications. Several mathematical tools are employed throughout the volume, including analysis of nonlinear PDEs, network theory, mean field approximations, control theory, and flocking analysis. The book also covers a wide range of applications, including:


  • Biological network formation
  • Social systems
  • Control theory of sparse systems
  • Dynamics of swarming and flocking systems
  • Stochastic particles and mean field approximations



Mathematicians and other members of the scientific community interested in active matter and its many applications will find this volume to be a timely, authoritative, and valuable resource.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematical Sciences, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

    Nicola Bellomo

  • Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Pierre Degond

  • CSCAMM, CSIC Bldg 406, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    Eitan Tadmor

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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