We consider a simple model for active random walk with general temporal correlations, and investigate the shape of the probability distribution function of the displacement during a short time interval. We find that under certain conditions the distribution is non-monotonic and we show analytically and numerically that the existence of the non-monotonicity is governed by the walker's tendency to move forward, while the correlations between the timing of its active motion control the magnitude and shape of the non-monotonicity. In particular, we find that in a homogeneous system such non-monotonicity can occur only if the persistence is strong enough.
We consider the dynamics of lattice random walks with resetting. The walker moving randomly on a lattice of arbitrary dimensions resets at every time step to a given site with a constant probability $r$. We construct a discrete renewal equation and present closed-form expressions for different quantities of the resetting dynamics in terms of the underlying reset-free propagator or Green's function. We apply our formalism to the biased random walk dynamics in one-dimensional unbounded space and show how one recovers in the continuous limits results for diffusion with resetting. The resetting dy…
Active walker models have proved to be extremely effective in understanding the evolution of a large class of systems in biology like ant trail formation and pedestrian trails. We propose a simple model of a random walker which modifies its local environment that in turn influences the motion of the walker at a {\em later} time. We perform direct numerical simulations of the walker in a discrete lattice with the walker actively depositing a chemical which attracts the walker trajectory and also evaporates in time. We propose a method to look at the structural transitions of the trajectory usin…
Continuous Markovian model for Levy random walks with superdiffusive and superballistic regimes
我们考虑先前设计的描述Levy随机游动的模型(Phys. Rev E 79,011110; 80,031148,(2009))。数值结果表明,该模型描述了Levy随机游动与超扩散,弹道,以及超弹道动力学。以前只有超扩散制度进行了分析。在这个模型中,步行者的速度是由一个非线性朗之万方程。分析从小到大的时间尺度的交叉,我们发现的时间尺度上的速度相关性衰减和步行运动基本上表现出Levy统计。我们的分析是基于分析的几何平均沃克位移,并允许我们处理概率密度函数的幂律尾巴,相应地,发散的时刻。
Levy walk (LW) process has been used as a simple model for describing anomalous diffusion in which the mean squared displacement of the walker grows non-linearly with time in contrast to the diffusive motion described by simple random walks or Brownian motion. In this paper we study a simple extension of the LW model in one dimension by introducing correlation among the velocities of the walker in different (flight) steps. Such correlation is absent in the LW model. The correlations are introduced by making the velocity at a step dependent on the velocity at the previous step in addition to th…
The standard diffusive spreading, characterized by a Gaussian distribution with mean square displacement that grows linearly with time, can break down, for instance, under the presence of correlations and heterogeneity. In this work, we consider the spread of a population of fractional (long-time correlated) Brownian walkers, with time-dependent and heterogeneous diffusivity. We aim to obtain the possible scenarios related to these individual-level features from the observation of the temporal evolution of the population spatial distribution. We develop and discuss the possibility and limitati…