First encounters
Article Abstract:
Several models are developed to study the mean first-passage time taken by a walker to move from an arbitrary source to a target. Such situations are usually encountered in predatory animals and biological cells.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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Physics in the noise
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An analysis of the random walk phenomenon involved in particle trajectories that show chaotic, fractal and turbulent behaviour is presented.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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Exploring phase space
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A ne study investigates simple elastic collisions between three particles on a ring to discover complex random-walk behaviour.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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