Evolution of autocatalytic sets in a competitive percolation model

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2014/11/P11018zbMATH Open1456.92159arXiv1310.7899OpenAlexW3106069104MaRDI QIDQ3301803FDOQ3301803

Authors: Renquan Zhang, Sen Pei, Wei Wei, Zhiming Zheng 

Publication date: 11 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The evolution of autocatalytic sets (ACS) is a widespread process in biological, chemical and ecological systems which is of great significance in many applications, such as the evolution of new species or complex chemical organizations. In this paper, we propose a competitive model with a m-selection rule in which an abrupt emergence of a macroscopic independent ACS is observed. By numerical simulations, we find that the maximal increase of the size grows linearly with the system size. We analytically derive the threshold t{alpha} where the abrupt jump happens and verify it by simulations. Moreover, our analysis explains how this giant independent ACS grows and reveals that, as the selection rule becomes more strict, the phase transition is dramatically postponed, and the number of the largest independent ACSs coexisting in the system increases accordingly. Our research work deepens the understanding of the evolution of ACS and should provide useful information for designing strategies to control the emergence of ACS in corresponding applications.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.7899

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15) Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Boundary value problems on graphs and networks for ordinary differential equations (34B45) Classical flows, reactions, etc. in chemistry (92E20) Time-dependent percolation in statistical mechanics (82C43)

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