The Physics of Foraging: An Introduction to Random Searches and Biological Encounters

作者 Professor Gandhimohan. M.著Professor Marcos G. E. da著Professor Ernesto P.著H. Eugene Stanley著
出版社 Cambridge University Press
出版时间 2011年7月
ISBN 9781107006799
定价 377.30

内容简介

Dothemovementsofanimals,includinghumans,followpatternsthatcanbedescribedquantitativelybysimplelawsofmotion?Ifso,thenwhy?Thesequestionshaveattractedtheattentionofscientistsinmanydisciplines,andstimulateddebatesrangingfromecologicalmatterstoqueriessuchas'howcantherebefreewillifonefollowsalawofmotion?'Thisisthefirstbookonthisrapidlyevolvingsubject,introducingrandomsearchesandforaginginawaythatcanbeunderstoodbyreaderswithoutapreviousbackgroundonthesubject.Itreviewstheoryaswellasexperiment,addressesopenproblemsandperspectives,anddiscussesapplicationsrangingfromthecolonizationofMadagascarbyAustronesianstothediffusionofgeneticallymodifiedcrops.Thebookwillinterestphysicistsworkinginthefieldofanomalousdiffusionandmovementecologyaswellasecologistsalreadyfamiliarwiththeconceptsandmethodsofstatisticalphysics.

作者简介

GandhimohanM.ViswanathanisProfessorofPhysicsattheUniversidadeFederaldoRioGrandedoNorte.Previously,hewasAssociateProfessorattheInstitutodeFísica,UniversidadeFederaldeAlagoas,wherehespentoveradecadeinvestigatingthecomplexphenomenologyseeninphysical,biologicalandeconomicsystems.MarcosG.E.daLuzisanAssociateProfessorintheDepartamentodeFísica,UniversidadeFederaldoParaná.Heworkswithbothnumericalandanalyticalmethodsindisorder,complexityandnon-linearityinclassicalandquantumsystemsandwiththeoreticalmodelsinecology.ErnestoP.RaposoisanAssociateProfessorintheLaboratóriodeFísicaTeóricaeComputacional,DepartamentodeFísica,UniversidadeFederaldePernambuco.Hiscurrentresearchinterestsincludestatisticalphysicsofrandomsearchesandtheforagingproblem,disorderedantiferromagnets,andquantumfieldtheoryofquasi-unidimensionalmagneticpolymerchains.H.EugeneStanleyisaUniversityProfessorandDirectoroftheCenterforPolymerStudies,BostonUniversity,ProfessorofPhysics,ChemistryandBiomedicalEngineering,andProfessorofPhysiologyatBostonUniversitySchoolofMedicine.Apioneerininterdisciplinaryscience,hehaswontheBoltzmannMedalandnumerousotherawardsforhiscontributions.

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