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48 results for kinetic theory

The paper extends Vlasov kinetic theory to time-dependent dynamics using cosymplectic and cocontact manifolds.

problem Extending Vlasov kinetic theory to time-dependent dynamics.
method Introducing geometric kinetic theories within cosymplectic and cocontact manifolds.
result Alternative realizations of cosymplectic and cocontact kinetic theories linked via Poisson/momentum maps.

In this article, we briefly review the different aspects and applications of kinetic exchange models in economics and sociology. Our main aim is to show in what manner the kinetic exchange models for closed economic systems were inspired by the kinetic theory of gas molecules. The simple yet powerful framework of kinet…

2014-08-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Exact solution found for two-body financial dealer model using kinetic theory.

problem Finding an exact solution for the two-body financial dealer model.
method Exact master-Liouville equations derived using kinetic theory and probability currents.
result Exact order-book profile and average transaction interval derived.

New method trains deep neural networks for non-interacting kinetic-energy functionals in DFT.

problem Lack of exact relationship between electron density and non-interacting kinetic energy.
method Variational principle to regularize machine-learned density functionals.
result Excellent results on kinetic-energy functionals for various systems.

We briefly review results on nonlinear kinetic equation of Boltzmann type which describe the evolution of wealth in a simple agents market. The mathematical structure of the underlying kinetic equations allows to use well-known techniques of wide use in kinetic theory of rarefied gases to obtain information on the proc…

2010-05-27abs ↗pdf ↗

By means of an analogy with Classical Mechanics and Geometrical Optics, we are able to reduce Lagrangians to a kinetic term only. This form enables us to examine the extended solution set of field theories by finding the geodesics of this kinetic term's metric. This new geometrical standpoint sheds light on some founda…

2006-09-26abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper defines strong emergence in field theories and proves it exists between certain theories.

problem Defining and proving the existence of strong emergence phenomena between field theories.
method Formal definition and sufficient conditions for emergence, proving existence in Euclidean background.
result Strong emergence exists between certain parameterized Lagrangian field theories.

Researchers created an accurate kinetic energy functional for materials modeling.

problem Lack of accurate analytic kinetic energy functionals for large-scale ab initio materials modeling.
method Interpretative machine learning of crystal cell-averaged kinetic energy densities guided by a hybrid Gaussian process regression - neural network (GPR-NN) method.
result Constructed an analytic kinetic energy functional that reproduces Kohn-Sham DFT energy-volume curves with sufficient accuracy.

We discuss several multi-agent models that have their origin in the kinetic exchange theory of statistical mechanics and have been recently applied to a variety of problems in the social sciences. This class of models can be easily adapted for simulations in areas other than physics, such as the modeling of income and …

2013-05-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Study detects signal in financial stock correlations using phase-ordering kinetics.

problem Detecting meaningful signals in financial stock return correlations.
method Stochastic field theory model to establish a detection threshold.
result Detection of a signal in the largest eigenvalues of the stock return correlation matrix.

Linear stochastic models and discretized kinetic theory are two complementary analytical techniques used for the investigation of complex systems of economic interactions. The former employ Langevin equations, with an emphasis on stock trade; the latter is based on systems of ordinary differential equations and is bett…

2016-03-08abs ↗pdf ↗

RC flow learns molecular kinetics in low dimensions.

problem Discovering interpretable low-dimensional models of molecular kinetics.
method Normalizing flow for coordinate transformation and Brownian dynamics for kinetics approximation.
result Tractable and trainable model of reduced kinetics in continuous time and space.

Rate GENERIC extends thermodynamics principles to non-equilibrium systems.

problem Understanding non-equilibrium thermodynamics and its relation to equilibrium thermodynamics.
method Developed a geometrical framework for rate GENERIC, extending Onsager's variational principle.
result Rate GENERIC structure provides a new perspective on thermodynamics in non-equilibrium systems.

This research proposes the econophysics kinetic market model as an evolutionary algorithm's instance. The immediate results from this proposal is a new replacement rule for family competition genetic algorithms. It also represents a starting point to adding evolvable entities to kinetic market models.

2019-06-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Revises mean-field theory of Santa Fe model using kinetic theory.

problem Deriving a solid mathematical foundation for the Santa Fe model.
method Systematic derivation of BBGKY hierarchy from exact master equation.
result Explicit and closed-form solutions for mean-field equations.

In this paper we introduce kinetic equations for the evolution of the probability distribution of two goods among a huge population of agents. The leading idea is to describe the trading of these goods by means of some fundamental rules in price theory, in particular by using Cobb-Douglas utility functions for the bina…

2012-08-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Recent technological development has enabled researchers to study social phenomena scientifically in detail and financial markets has particularly attracted physicists since the Brownian motion has played the key role as in physics. In our previous report (arXiv:1703.06739; to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett.), we have prese…

2018-02-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Considering a Hamiltonian Dynamical System describing the motion of charged particle in a Tokamak or a Stellarator, we build a change of coordinates to reduce its dimension. This change of coordinates is in fact an intricate succession of mappings that are built using Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations, Differen…

2013-06-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes a smart neck-band for detecting neck postures using integrated kinematic and kinetic data.

problem Improper neck postures lead to musculoskeletal disorders requiring therapy and rehabilitation.
method Integrated use of kinematic and kinetic data with machine learning algorithms.
result 100% accuracy in predicting neck postures using the proposed platform.

Study explores how wealth dynamics change with preferential interactions in kinetic exchange models.

problem Investigate how preferential interactions affect wealth dynamics and distributions in kinetic exchange models.
method Conducted Monte Carlo simulations to explore two types of preferential interactions: one with random selection and another with wealth difference constraint.
result Emergence of quasi-oligarchic societies and segregation into economic classes observed in preferential interactions.

Automated method creates compact chemical models from detailed ones, reducing complexity and improving accuracy.

problem Creating accurate low-dimensional chemical kinetic models from detailed ones is time-consuming and requires expert knowledge.
method Machine Learned Optimisation of Chemical Kinetics (MLOCK) algorithm systematically perturbs sub-models to find optimal compact models.
result Compact models (15 species) retain ~87% fidelity to detailed models, outperforming previous methods.

Improved KLMC for sampling under various conditions.

problem Stable simulation of kinetic Langevin dynamics under different parameters.
method Revisited synchronous Wasserstein coupling analysis with stochastic exponential Euler discretization.
result Exponential integrator can simulate kinetic Langevin dynamics in the overdamped regime with proper time acceleration.

We study a minimalist kinetic model for economies. A system of agents with local trading rules display emergent demand behaviour. We examine the resulting wealth distribution to look for non-thermal behaviour. We compare and contrast this model with other similar models.

2007-10-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on kinetic Langevin diffusions and their couplings, showing subtle TV bounds and new non-Markovian couplings.

problem Understanding and quantifying the TV distance between solutions of kinetic Langevin diffusions with different initial values.
method Established new non-Markovian couplings for kinetic Langevin diffusions, derived from optimal coalescence trajectories, and analyzed their TV bounds.
result No Markovian coupling can capture the asymptotic decay rate of the TV distance between solutions of kinetic Langevin diffusions with different initial values.

Bayesian inference over admissible histories leads to irreversible kinetics.

problem Modeling irreversible processes in systems with uncertain histories.
method A Gibbs-type measure weighted by energy-dissipation action and observation constraints, interpreted as a Bayesian posterior.
result The measure concentrates on maximum-a-posteriori (MAP) histories, recovering classical deterministic evolution.

In this paper, we consider a simple kinetic model of economy involving both exchanges between agents and speculative trading. We show that the kinetic model admits non trivial quasi-stationary states with power law tails of Pareto type. In order to do this we consider a suitable asymptotic limit of the model yielding a…

2004-12-21abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce a system of kinetic equations describing an exchange market consisting of two populations of agents (dealers and speculators) expressing the same preferences for two goods, but applying different strategies in their exchanges. We describe the trading of the goods by means of some fundamental rules in price…

2017-09-01abs ↗pdf ↗

The Kinetic Gas Theory like two-agent money exchange models, recently introduced in the Econophysics of Wealth distributions, are revisited. The emergence of Boltzmann-Gibbs like distribution of individual money to Pareto's law in the tail of the distribution is examined in terms of 2x2 Transition matrix with a general…

2005-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce a new topological sigma model, whose fields are bundle maps from the tangent bundle of a 2-dimensional world-sheet to a Dirac subbundle of an exact Courant algebroid over a target manifold. It generalizes simultaneously the (twisted) Poisson sigma model as well as the G/G-WZW model. The equations of motion…

2004-11-11abs ↗pdf ↗

We derive a diffusion approximation for the kinetic Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation in bounded spatial domains with specular reflection type boundary conditions. The method of proof involves the construction of a particular class of test functions to be chosen in the weak formulation of the kinetic model. This involves t…

2016-04-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Stochastic approach improves neural network training for kinetic simulations.

problem Training neural networks under physical constraints in kinetic fusion simulations.
method Stochastic augmented Lagrangian approach using pyTorch.
result Higher model prediction accuracy achieved compared to fixed penalty method.

There is an increasing demand for computing the relevant structures, equilibria and long-timescale kinetics of biomolecular processes, such as protein-drug binding, from high-throughput molecular dynamics simulations. Current methods employ transformation of simulated coordinates into structural features, dimension red…

2017-10-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Compact models for methane/air combustion reduce complexity without sacrificing accuracy.

problem Creating accurate, computationally efficient models for methane combustion.
method Data-oriented three-step methodology: 1) Remove non-essential species, 2) Numerically optimize to key species profiles, 3) Machine learning to refine parameters.
result Produced 19 and 15 species compact models that outperform current state-of-the-art models in accuracy and range of conditions.

The use of kinetic modelling based on partial differential equations for the dynamics of stock price formation in financial markets is briefly reviewed. The importance of behavioral aspects in market booms and crashes and the role of agents' heterogeneity in emerging power laws for price distributions is emphasized and…

2010-07-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes new Langevin samplers for sampling from log-concave distributions with superlinear gradient growth.

problem Sampling from log-concave distributions with superlinear gradient growth.
method Proposes two novel discretizations of kinetic Langevin SDEs, showing contractivity and log-Sobolev inequality.
result Establishes non-asymptotic bounds in 2-Wasserstein distance between sampled distributions and target measures.

We introduce and analyze a linear kinetic model that describes the evolution of the probability density of the number of firms in a society, in which the microscopic rate of change obeys to the so-called law of proportional effect proposed by Gibrat. Despite its apparent simplicity, the possible mean field limits of th…

2016-04-06abs ↗pdf ↗