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How Cooperative Systems Respond to External Forces

Cooperative interactions permeate through nature, bringing about emergent behavior and complexity. Using a simple cooperative model, I illustrate the mean field dynamics that occur at the critical point of a second order phase transition in the framework of Langevin equations. Through this formalism I discuss the response, both linear and nonlinear, to external forces. Emphasis is placed on how information is transferred from one individual to another in order to facilitate the collective response of the cooperative network to a localized perturbation. The results are relevant to a wide variety of systems, ranging from nematic liquid crystals, to flocks and swarms, social groups, and neural networks.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500014
Date05 1900
CreatorsSvenkeson, Adam
ContributorsGrigolini, Paolo, Krokhin, Arkadii, Roberts, James, Rostovtsev, Yuri
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Svenkeson, Adam, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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