A two-species competition model on \(\mathbb Z^d\) (Q2485851)

The authors deal with the evolution characteristics of a two-species population of interacting particles confined to the various sites on the integer lattice \(Z^{d}.\) The species labeled Red and Blue compete for territory on a locally finite graph. At any time epoch \(t,\) a vertex may be occupied by at most one particle; an unoccupied vertex is colonized at a rate equal to the number of neighbour occupants. At the epoch of first colonization, the vertex flips to the colour of a randomly chosen neighbour. Once occupied, a vertex remains occupied for ever; however its colour may flip at rate equal to the number of neighbours (occupied) of opposite colour. The state of the system at any time epoch \(t\) is given by the pair \({R(t), B(t) }\) where \(R(t)\) and \(B(t)\) denote respectively the sites occupied by red and blue particles. The main object of interest is the probability of mutual survival of the two species. The author proves that the probability is indeed positive definite under a certain condition namely that the process starting with finitely many representatives of each type leads to a limit set that is uniformly curved. A simulation study is presented initially to establish that the limit set is indeed uniformly curved. The paper concludes with a critical discussion of the conditions under which uniform curvedness of the limit set is ensured.