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Active Particles / Agent Models



Frank Schweitzer (ed.)
Self-Organization of Complex Structures: From Individual to Collective Dynamics
Foreword by Hermann Haken
part 1: Evolution of Complexity and Evolutionary Optimization,
part 2: Biological and Ecological Dynamcis, Socio-Economic Processes, Urban Structure Formation and Traffic Dynamics
London: Gordon and Breach, 1997, 596+xxiv pp. (ISBN 90-5699-027-6)



Frank Schweitzer
Brownian Agents and Active Particles. On the Emergence of Complex Behavior in the Natural and Social Sciences
Foreword by J. Doyne Farmer
Berlin: Springer (Springer Series in Synergetics), 2003, 420 pp. 192 illus. (ISBN 3-540-43938-2)



  1. Schweitzer, F., Schimansky-Geier, L.: Clustering of Active Walkers in a Two-Component System, Physica A 206 (1994) 359-379

  2. Helbing, D., Molnar, P., Schweitzer, F.: Computer Simulations of Pedestrian Dynamics and Trail Formation, in: Evolution of Natural Structures, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium of the SFB 230, (Mitteilungen des SFB 230, Heft 9) Stuttgart, 1994, pp. 229-234

  3. Schweitzer, F., Schimansky-Geier, L.: Clustering of Active Walkers: Phase Transitions from Local Interactions, in: Fluctuations and Order: The New Synthesis (Ed. M. Millonas), Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1996, pp. 293-305

  4. Schweitzer, F.: Self-Organization of Trail Networks Using Active Brownian Particles, in: Computer Science and Biology (Eds. R. Hofestädt, T. Lengauer, M. Löffler, D. Schomburg), IMISE Report No. 1, Leipzig 1996, pp. 299-301

  5. Schweitzer, F.: Self-Organization of Complex Structures: From Individual to Collective Dynamics - Some Introductory Remarks, in: Self-Organization of Complex Structures: From Individual to Collective Dynamics (Ed. F. Schweitzer), Gordon and Breach, London, 1997, pp. xix-xxiv

  6. Schimansky-Geier, L., Schweitzer, F., Mieth, M.: Interactive Structure Formation with Brownian Particles, in: Self-Organization of Complex Structures: From Individual to Collective Dynamics (Ed. F. Schweitzer), Gordon and Breach, London, 1997, pp. 101-118

  7. Schweitzer, F., Lao, K., Family, F.: Active Random Walkers Simulate Trunk Trail Formation by Ants, BioSystems 41 (1997) 153-166

  8. Schweitzer, F.: Active Brownian Particles: Artificial Agents in Physics, in: Stochastic Dynamics (Eds. L. Schimansky-Geier, T. Pöschel), Lecture Notes in Physics 484, Springer, Berlin, 1997, pp. 358-371

  9. Helbing, D., Schweitzer, F., Keltsch, J., Molnar, P.: Active Walker Model for the Formation of Human and Animal Trail Systems, Phys. Rev. E 56/3 (1997) 2527-2539

  10. Schweitzer, F.: Wege und Agenten: Reduktion und Konstruktion in der Selbstorganisationstheorie, in: Selbstorganisation. Jahrbuch für Komplexität in den Natur- Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften, Bd. 8: Evolution und Irreversibilität, (Hrsg. H.-J. Krug, L. Pohlmann), Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 1997, S. 113-135

  11. Schweitzer, F., Ebeling, W., Tilch, B.: Complex Motion of Brownian Particles with Energy Depots, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80/23 (1998) 5044-5047

  12. Schweitzer, F.: Modelling Migration and Economic Agglomeration with Active Brownian Particles, Advances in Complex Systems 1/1 (1998) 11-37

  13. Ebeling, W., Schweitzer, F., Tilch, B.: Active Brownian Particles with Energy Depots Modelling Animal Mobility, BioSystems 49 (1999) 17-29

  14. Tilch, B., Schweitzer, F., Ebeling, W.: Directed Motion of Brownian Particles with Internal Energy Depot , Physica A 273 (1999) 294-314

  15. Schweitzer, F.; Tilch, B.; Ebeling, W.: Uphill Motion of Active Brownian Particles in Piecewise Linear Potentials , European Physical Journal B 14 (2000) 157-168

  16. Erdmann, U.; Ebeling, W.; Schimansky-Geier, L.; Schweitzer, F.: Brownian Particles far from Equilibrium, European Physical Journal B 15/1 (2000) 105-113

  17. Schweitzer, F.: Emergenz und Interaktion, in: Blinde Emergenz? Interdisziplinäre Beiträge zu Fragen kultureller Evolution (Hrsg. Th. Wägenbaur), Synchron Publishers, Heidelberg 2000, S. 49-64

  18. Ebeling, W.; Erdmann, U.; Schimansky-Geier, L.; Schweitzer, F.: Complex Motion of Brownian Particles with Energy Supply, in: Stochastic and Chaotic Dynamics in the Lakes (Eds. D. S. Broomhead, E. A. Luchinskaya, P. V. E. McClintock, T. Mullin), American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, USA, 2000, pp. 183-190

  19. Schweitzer, F.: Active Brownian Particles with Internal Energy Depot, in: Traffic and Granular Flow '99: Social, Traffic, and Granular Dynamics (Eds. D. Helbing, H. J. Herrmann, M. Schreckenberg, D. E. Wolf), Springer, Berlin 2000, pp. 161-172

  20. Schweitzer, F., Holyst, J.: Modelling Collective Opinion Formation by Means of Active Brownian Particles, European Physical Journal B 15/4 (2000) 723-732

  21. Schweitzer, F.: Active Motion of Brownian Particles, in: Stochastic Processes in Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Eds. J.A. Freund, T. Pöschel), Lecture Notes in Physics 557, Springer, Berlin 2000, pp. 97-106

  22. Ebeling, W.; Schweitzer, F.: Active Motion in Systems with Energy Supply, in: Integrative Systems Approaches to Natural and Social Dynamics - System Sciences 2000 (Eds. M. Matthies, H. Malchow, J. Kriz), Springer, Berlin 2001, pp. 119-142

  23. Schweitzer, F.; Zimmermann, J.: Communication and Self-Organization in Complex Systems: A Basic Approach, in: Knowledge, Complexity and Innovation Systems (Eds. M. M. Fischer, J. Fröhlich), (Advances in Spatial Sciences), Springer, Berlin 2001, pp. 275-296

  24. Schweitzer, F.; Ebeling, W.; Tilch, B.Statistical Mechanics of Canonical-Dissipative Systems and Applications to Swarm Dynamics, Physical Review E 64/2 (2001) 021110 (1-12) (Video 1) (Video 2)

  25. Ebeling, W.; Schweitzer, F.: Swarms of Particle Agents with Harmonic Interactions, Theory in Biosciences 120/3-4 (2001) 207-224 (Video)

  26. Schweitzer, F.; Zimmermann, J.; Mühlenbein, H. Coordination of Decisions in a Spatial Agent Model , Physica A 303/1-2 (2002) 189-216

  27. Schweitzer, F.: Brownian Agent Models for Swarm and Chemotactic Interaction, in: Fifth German Workshop on Artificial Life. Abstracting and Synthesizing the Principles of Living Systems (Eds. D. Polani, J. Kim, T. Martinetz), Berlin: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Aka, 2002, pp. 181-190

  28. Schweitzer, F.; Tilch, B.: Self-Assembling of Networks in an Agent-Based Model, Physical Review E 66 (2002) 026113 (1-9)
    Also included in: Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 4/5 (September 1, 2002) and Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 6/10 (September 2, 2002)    (Video)

  29. Schweitzer, F.; Behera, L.; Mühlenbein, H.: Evolution of Cooperation in a Spatial Prisoner's Dilemma, Advances in Complex Systems 5/2-3 (2002) 269-299

  30. Mach, R.; Schweitzer, F.: Multi-Agent Model of Biological Swarming, in: Advances in Artificial Life. Proceedings 7th European Conference On Artificial Life (ECAL) (Eds. W. Banzhaf, T. Christaller, P. Dittrich, J. T. Kim, J. Ziegler), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 2801), Springer, Berlin 2003, pp. 810-820

  31. Schweitzer, F.; Mach, R.; Mühlenbein, H.: Adaptation of Strategies in a Spatial IPD, in: First International Workshop on Social Life - SOLI\'03. Workshops and Tutorials, 7th European Conference On Artificial Life (ECAL) (Eds. P. Dittrich, J. Kim), Dortmund 2003, pp. 65-75

  32. Ebeling, W.; Schweitzer, F.: Self-Organization, Active Brownian Dynamics, and Biological Applications, Nova Acta Leopoldina NF, vol. 88, no. 332 (2003) 169-188

  33. Behera, L.; Schweitzer, F.: On Spatial Consensus Formation: Is the Sznajd Model Different from a Voter Model?, International Journal of Modern Physics C} vol. 14, no. 10 (2003) ???-???

  34. Schweitzer, F.; Behera, L.; Mülenbein, H.: Frequency Dependent Invasion in a Spatial Environment, Physical Review E (2003, submitted for publication)

  35. Schweitzer, F.: Coordination of Decisions in a Spatial Model of Brownian Agents, in: The Complex Dynamics of Economic Interaction (Ed. M. Gallegati, A. P. Kirman, M. Marsili) (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems vol 531), Springer, Berlin (2004, in press)



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