Active Particles, Volume 2

This volume compiles eight recent surveys that present state-of-the-art results in the field of active matter at different scales, modeled by agent-based, kinetic, and hydrodynamic descriptions. Following the previously published volume, these chapters were written by leading experts in the field and accurately reflect the diversity of subject matter in theory and applications. Several mathematical tools are employed throughout the volume, including analysis of nonlinear PDEs, network theory, mean field approximations, control theory, and flocking analysis. The book also covers a wide range of applications, including:Biological network formationSocial systemsControl theory of sparse systemsDynamics of swarming and flocking systemsStochastic particles and mean field approximationsMathematicians and other members of the scientific community interested in active matter and its many applications will find this volume to be a timely, authoritative, and valuable resource.

Kinetic and moment models for cell motion in fiber structures.- Kinetic models for pattern formation in animal aggregations: a symmetry and bifurcation approach.- Aggregation-diffusion equations: dynamics, asymptotics, and singular limits.- High-resolution positivity and asymptotic preserving Numerical methods for chemotaxis and related models.- Control strategies for the dynamics of large particle systems.- Kinetic equations and self-organized band formations.- Singular Cucker-Smale dynamics.- A stochastic-statistical residential burglary model with finite size effects.