7339
2021
eng
1
32
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16
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From interacting agents to density-based modeling with stochastic PDEs
Many real-world processes can naturally be modeled as systems of interacting agents. However, the long-term simulation of such agent-based models is often intractable when the system becomes too large. In this paper, starting from a stochastic spatio-temporal agent-based model (ABM), we present a reduced model in terms of stochastic PDEs that describes the evolution of agent number densities for large populations. We discuss the algorithmic details of both approaches; regarding the SPDE model, we apply Finite Element discretization in space which not only ensures efficient simulation but also serves as a regularization of the SPDE. Illustrative examples for the spreading of an innovation among agents are given and used for comparing ABM and SPDE models.
Communications in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
1905.13525
10.2140/camcos.2021.16.1
2020-11-01
yes
urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-73456
Luzie Helfmann
Luzie Helfmann
Natasa Djurdjevac Conrad
Ana Djurdjevac
Stefanie Winkelmann
Christof Schütte
Numerical Mathematics
Computational Molecular Design
Computational Systems Biology
Schütte, Christof
Conrad, Natasa
Winkelmann, Stefanie
Helfmann, Luzie
INNOSPREAD
Modeling and Simulation of Complex Processes
7345
eng
reportzib
0
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2019-06-11
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From interacting agents to density-based modeling with stochastic PDEs
Many real-world processes can naturally be modeled as systems of interacting agents. However, the long-term simulation of such agent-based models is often intractable when the system becomes too large. In this paper, starting from a stochastic spatio-temporal agent-based model (ABM), we present a reduced model in terms of stochastic PDEs that describes the evolution of agent number densities for large populations. We discuss the algorithmic details of both approaches; regarding the SPDE model, we apply Finite Element discretization in space which not only ensures efficient simulation but also serves as a regularization of the SPDE. Illustrative examples for the spreading of an innovation among agents are given and used for comparing ABM and SPDE models.
1438-0064
urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-73456
Comm. Appl. Math. Comp. Sci. 16(1):1-32, 2021
https://doi.org/10.2140/camcos.2021.16.1
Luzie Helfmann
Luzie Helfmann
Natasa Djurdjevac Conrad
Ana Djurdjevac
Stefanie Winkelmann
Christof Schütte
ZIB-Report
19-21
Numerical Mathematics
Computational Molecular Design
Computational Systems Biology
Schütte, Christof
Conrad, Natasa
Winkelmann, Stefanie
Helfmann, Luzie
INNOSPREAD
https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-zib/files/7345/main.pdf
8592
2021
eng
848
879
2
9
article
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Linear Parabolic Problems in Random Moving Domains
We consider linear parabolic equations on a random non-cylindrical domain. Utilizing the domain mapping method, we write the problem as a partial differential equation with random coefficients on a cylindrical deterministic domain. Exploiting the deterministic results concerning equations on non-cylindrical domains, we state the necessary assumptions about the velocity filed and in addition, about the flow transformation that this field generates. In this paper we consider both cases, the uniformly bounded with respect to the sample and log-normal type transformation. In addition, we give an explicit example of a log-normal type transformation and prove that it does not satisfy the uniformly bounded condition. We define a general framework for considering linear parabolic problems on random non-cylindrical domains. As the first example, we consider the heat equation on a random tube domain and prove its well-posedness. Moreover, as the other example we consider the parabolic Stokes equation which illustrates the case when it is not enough just to study the plain-back transformation of the function, but instead to consider for example the Piola type transformation, in order to keep the divergence free property.
https://doi.org/10.1137/19M1284889
yes
02.03.2021
publish
Ana Djurdjevac
Ana Djurdjevac
Numerical Mathematics
SFB1114-C3
Modeling and Simulation of Complex Processes
8595
2021
eng
article
0
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Non-stationary incompressible linear fluid equations in a moving domain
This article considers non-stationary incompressible linear fluid equations in a moving domain. We demonstrate the existence and uniqueness of an appropriate weak formulation of the problem by making use of the theory of time-dependent Bochner spaces. It is not possible to directly apply established evolving Hilbert space theory due to the incompressibility constraint. After we have established the well-posedness, we derive and analyse a time discretisation of the system.
arXiv
2106.08312
no
publish
Ana Djurdjevac
Ana Djurdjevac
Carsten Gräser
Philip J. Herbert
Numerical Mathematics
SFB1114-C3
Modeling and Simulation of Complex Processes
8834
2022
eng
24(10)
article
0
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2022-09-24
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Feedback Loops in Opinion Dynamics of Agent-Based Models with Multiplicative Noise
We introduce an agent-based model for co-evolving opinions and social dynamics, under the influence of multiplicative noise. In this model, every agent is characterized by a position in a social space and a continuous opinion state variable. Agents’ movements are governed by the positions and opinions of other agents and similarly, the opinion dynamics are influenced by agents’ spatial proximity and their opinion similarity. Using numerical simulations and formal analyses, we study this feedback loop between opinion dynamics and the mobility of agents in a social space. We investigate the behaviour of this ABM in different regimes and explore the influence of various factors on the appearance of emerging phenomena such as group formation and opinion consensus. We study the empirical distribution, and, in the limit of infinite number of agents, we derive a corresponding reduced model given by a partial differential equation (PDE). Finally, using numerical examples, we show that a resulting PDE model is a good approximation of the original ABM.
Entropy
10.3390/e24101352
2209.07151
yes
2022-09-14
publish
Natasa Djurdjevac Conrad
Natasa Djurdjevac Conrad
Jonas Köppl
Ana Djurdjevac
Numerical Mathematics
Conrad, Natasa
Modeling and Simulation of Complex Processes
MathPlusEF45-1
8594
2023
eng
268
338
353
article
0
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Function spaces, time derivatives and compactness for evolving families of Banach spaces with applications to PDEs
We develop a functional framework suitable for the treatment of partial differential equations and variational problems posed on evolving families of Banach spaces. We propose a definition for the weak time derivative which does not rely on the availability of an inner product or Hilbertian structure and explore conditions under which the spaces of weakly differentiable functions (with values in an evolving Banach space) relate to the classical Sobolev--Bochner spaces. An Aubin--Lions compactness result in this setting is also proved. We then analyse several concrete examples of function spaces over time-evolving spatial domains and hypersurfaces for which we explicitly provide the definition of the time derivative and verify isomorphism properties with the aforementioned Sobolev--Bochner spaces. We conclude with the formulation and proof of well posedness for a class of nonlinear monotone problems on an abstract evolving space (generalising in particular the evolutionary p-Laplace equation on a moving domain or surface) and identify some additional evolutionary problems that can be appropriately formulated with the abstract setting developed in this work.
Journal of Differential Equations
2105.07908
10.1016/j.jde.2022.12.032
yes
publish
Amal Alphonse
Ana Djurdjevac
Diogo Caetano
Ana Djurdjevac
Charles M. Elliott
SFB1114-C3