The shape of a memorised random walk

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/AAD6BDMaRDI QIDQ3303319zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Michał Gnacik, James Burridge

Publication date 11 August 2020

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.01392

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20) Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41)

Abstract: We view random walks as the paths of foraging animals, perhaps searching for food or avoiding predators while forming a mental map of their surroundings. The formation of such maps requires them to memorise the locations they have visited. We model memory using a kernel, proportional to the number of locations recalled as a function of the time since they were first observed. We give exact analytic expressions relating the elongation of the memorised walk to the structure of the memory kernel, and confirm these by simulation. We find that more slowly decaying memories lead to less elongated mental maps.

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