Statistical Physics and Anomalous Dynamics of Foraging

Date

Jul 22, 2015

Time

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Speaker

Rainer Klages

Affiliation

MPIPKS Dresden and Queen Mary Univeristy of London

Language

en

Main Topic

Physik

Other Topics

Physik

Host

Advanced Study Group 2015

Description

The title of this talk denotes the theme of a PKS Advanced Study Group which is active from July to December 2015. This talk offers an introduction to our research topic. I briefly review the problem whether biologically relevant search strategies can be identified by statistical data analysis and mathematical modeling. A famous paradigm in this field is the Levy hypothesis. It states that under certain mathematical assumptions Levy dynamics, which defines a key concept in the theory of anomalous stochastic processes, leads to an optimal search strategy for foraging biological organisms. This hypothesis is discussed controversially in the current literature. I will give examples and counterexamples of experimental data and their analyses confirming and refuting it. To the end I will briefly outline the concept of our Advanced Study Group, and its (planned) activities. nb: I have given a similar version of this talk in the Division Biological Physics at PKS one year ago.

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