How Cooperative Systems Respond to External Forces
Description:
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 resp…
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Date:
May 2014
Creator:
Svenkeson, Adam
Partner:
UNT Libraries