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Instantaneous control of interacting particle systems in the mean-field limit
Controlling large particle systems in collective dynamics by a few agents is
a subject of high practical importance, e.g., in evacuation dynamics. In this
paper we study an instantaneous control approach to steer an interacting
particle system into a certain spatial region by repulsive forces from a few
external agents, which might be interpreted as shepherd dogs leading sheep to
their home. We introduce an appropriate mathematical model and the
corresponding optimization problem. In particular, we are interested in the
interaction of numerous particles, which can be approximated by a mean-field
equation. Due to the high-dimensional phase space this will require a tailored
optimization strategy. The arising control problems are solved using adjoint
information to compute the descent directions. Numerical results on the
microscopic and the macroscopic level indicate the convergence of optimal
controls and optimal states in the mean-field limit,i.e., for an increasing
number of particles.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1610.0132
Simulations in statistical physics and biology: some applications
One of the most active areas of physics in the last decades has been that of
critical phenomena, and Monte Carlo simulations have played an important role
as a guide for the validation and prediction of system properties close to the
critical points. The kind of phase transitions occurring for the Betts lattice
(lattice constructed removing 1/7 of the sites from the triangular lattice)
have been studied before with the Potts model for the values q=3, ferromagnetic
and antiferromagnetic regime. Here, we add up to this research line the
ferromagnetic case for q=4 and 5. In the first case, the critical exponents are
estimated for the second order transition, whereas for the latter case the
histogram method is applied for the occurring first order transition.
Additionally, Domany's Monte Carlo based clustering technique mainly used to
group genes similar in their expression levels is reviewed. Finally, a control
theory tool --an adaptive observer-- is applied to estimate the exponent
parameter involved in the well-known Gompertz curve. By treating all these
subjects our aim is to stress the importance of cooperation between distinct
disciplines in addressing the complex problems arising in biology.
Contents: Chapter 1 - Monte Carlo simulations in stat. physics; Chapter 2: MC
simulations in biology; Chapter 3: Gompertz equationComment: 82 pages, 33 figures, 4 tables, somewhat reduced version of the M.Sc.
thesis defended in Jan. 2006 at IPICyT, San Luis Potosi, Mx. (Supervisers:
Drs. R. Lopez-Sandoval and H.C. Rosu). Last sections 3.3 and 3.4 can be found
at http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/physics/041108
Statistical Mechanics of maximal independent sets
The graph theoretic concept of maximal independent set arises in several
practical problems in computer science as well as in game theory. A maximal
independent set is defined by the set of occupied nodes that satisfy some
packing and covering constraints. It is known that finding minimum and
maximum-density maximal independent sets are hard optimization problems. In
this paper, we use cavity method of statistical physics and Monte Carlo
simulations to study the corresponding constraint satisfaction problem on
random graphs. We obtain the entropy of maximal independent sets within the
replica symmetric and one-step replica symmetry breaking frameworks, shedding
light on the metric structure of the landscape of solutions and suggesting a
class of possible algorithms. This is of particular relevance for the
application to the study of strategic interactions in social and economic
networks, where maximal independent sets correspond to pure Nash equilibria of
a graphical game of public goods allocation
Automatic Construction of Predictive Neuron Models through Large Scale Assimilation of Electrophysiological Data.
We report on the construction of neuron models by assimilating electrophysiological data with large-scale constrained nonlinear optimization. The method implements interior point line parameter search to determine parameters from the responses to intracellular current injections of zebra finch HVC neurons. We incorporated these parameters into a nine ionic channel conductance model to obtain completed models which we then use to predict the state of the neuron under arbitrary current stimulation. Each model was validated by successfully predicting the dynamics of the membrane potential induced by 20-50 different current protocols. The dispersion of parameters extracted from different assimilation windows was studied. Differences in constraints from current protocols, stochastic variability in neuron output, and noise behave as a residual temperature which broadens the global minimum of the objective function to an ellipsoid domain whose principal axes follow an exponentially decaying distribution. The maximum likelihood expectation of extracted parameters was found to provide an excellent approximation of the global minimum and yields highly consistent kinetics for both neurons studied. Large scale assimilation absorbs the intrinsic variability of electrophysiological data over wide assimilation windows. It builds models in an automatic manner treating all data as equal quantities and requiring minimal additional insight
Distributed coordination of self-organizing mechanisms in communication networks
The fast development of the Self-Organizing Network (SON) technology in
mobile networks renders the problem of coordinating SON functionalities
operating simultaneously critical. SON functionalities can be viewed as control
loops that may need to be coordinated to guarantee conflict free operation, to
enforce stability of the network and to achieve performance gain. This paper
proposes a distributed solution for coordinating SON functionalities. It uses
Rosen's concave games framework in conjunction with convex optimization. The
SON functionalities are modeled as linear Ordinary Differential Equation
(ODE)s. The stability of the system is first evaluated using a basic control
theory approach. The coordination solution consists in finding a linear map
(called coordination matrix) that stabilizes the system of SON functionalities.
It is proven that the solution remains valid in a noisy environment using
Stochastic Approximation. A practical example involving three different SON
functionalities deployed in Base Stations (BSs) of a Long Term Evolution (LTE)
network demonstrates the usefulness of the proposed method.Comment: submitted to IEEE TCNS. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap
with arXiv:1209.123
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