Complex network structure of flocks in the standard vicsek model

DOI10.1007/S10955-013-0827-4zbMATH Open1291.82073arXiv1309.1778OpenAlexW2106548454WikidataQ58486341 ScholiaQ58486341MaRDI QIDQ2016500FDOQ2016500

Julián Candia, Gabriel Baglietto, E. V. Albano

Publication date: 20 June 2014

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In flocking models, the collective motion of self-driven individuals leads to the formation of complex spatiotemporal patterns. The Standard Vicsek Model (SVM) considers individuals that tend to adopt the direction of movement of their neighbors under the influence of noise. By performing an extensive complex network characterization of the structure of SVM flocks, we show that flocks are highly clustered, assortative, and non-hierarchical networks with short-tailed degree distributions. Moreover, we also find that the SVM dynamics leads to the formation of complex structures with an effective dimension higher than that of the space where the actual displacements take place. Furthermore, we show that these structures are capable of sustaining mean-field-like orientationally ordered states when the displacements are suppressed, thus suggesting a linkage between the onset of order and the enhanced dimensionality of SVM flocks.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.1778

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zbMATH Keywords

complex networkscollective motionvicsek modelself-propelled particle systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Small world graphs, complex networks (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C82) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22) Developmental biology, pattern formation (92C15)

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