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Multidelayed random walks: Theory and application to the neolithic transition in Europe

We present a model in which particles (or individuals of a biological population) disperse with a rest time between consecutive motions (or migrations) which may take several possible values from a discrete set. Particles (or individuals) may also react (or reproduce). We derive a new equation for the effective rest time T˜ of the random walk. Application to the neolithic transition in Europe makes it possible to derive more realistic theoretical values for its wavefront speed than those following from the single-delayed framework presented previously [J. Fort and V. Méndez, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 867 (1999)]. The new results are consistent with the archaeological observations of this important historical process

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Author: Fort, Joaquim
Debnarayan, Jana
Humet Coderch, Josep Maria
Date: 2004
Abstract: We present a model in which particles (or individuals of a biological population) disperse with a rest time between consecutive motions (or migrations) which may take several possible values from a discrete set. Particles (or individuals) may also react (or reproduce). We derive a new equation for the effective rest time T˜ of the random walk. Application to the neolithic transition in Europe makes it possible to derive more realistic theoretical values for its wavefront speed than those following from the single-delayed framework presented previously [J. Fort and V. Méndez, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 867 (1999)]. The new results are consistent with the archaeological observations of this important historical process
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ISSN: 1539-3755 (versió paper)
1550-2376 (versió electrònica)
Document access: http://hdl.handle.net/10256/7702
Language: eng
Publisher: American Physical Society
Collection: Reproducció digital del document publicat a: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.70.031913
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Is part of: © Physical Review E, 2004, vol. 70, núm. 3, p. 031913-1 - 031913-6
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Subject: Neolític -- Models matemàtics
Neolithic period -- Mathematical models
Rutes aleatòries (Matemàtica)
Random walks
Title: Multidelayed random walks: Theory and application to the neolithic transition in Europe
Type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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