Travelling waves in hybrid chemotaxis models

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DOI10.1007/S11538-013-9924-4zbMATH Open1297.92014arXiv1302.2665OpenAlexW2007637998WikidataQ38423123 ScholiaQ38423123MaRDI QIDQ458670FDOQ458670


Authors: Benjamin Franz, Chuan Xue, Kevin J. Painter, Radek Erban Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 8 October 2014

Published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Hybrid models of chemotaxis combine agent-based models of cells with partial differential equation models of extracellular chemical signals. In this paper, travelling wave properties of hybrid models of bacterial chemotaxis are investigated. Bacteria are modelled using an agent-based (individual-based) approach with internal dynamics describing signal transduction. In addition to the chemotactic behaviour of the bacteria, the individual-based model also includes cell proliferation and death. Cells consume the extracellular nutrient field (chemoattractant) which is modelled using a partial differential equation. Mesoscopic and macroscopic equations representing the behaviour of the hybrid model are derived and the existence of travelling wave solutions for these models is established. It is shown that cell proliferation is necessary for the existence of non-transient (stationary) travelling waves in hybrid models. Additionally, a numerical comparison between the wave speeds of the continuum models and the hybrid models shows good agreement in the case of weak chemotaxis and qualitative agreement for the strong chemotaxis case. In the case of slow cell adaptation, we detect oscillating behaviour of the wave, which cannot be explained by mean-field approximations.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.2665




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