TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bellomo, Nicola
AB  - This MPDI book comprises a number of selected contributions to a Special Issue devoted to the modeling and simulation of living systems based on developments in kinetic mathematical tools. The focus is on a fascinating research field which cannot be tackled by the approach of the so-called hard sciences—specifically mathematics—without the invention of new methods in view of a new mathematical theory. The contents proposed by eight contributions witness the growing interest of scientists this field. The first contribution is an editorial paper which presents the motivations for studying the mathematics and physics of living systems within the framework an interdisciplinary approach, where mathematics and physics interact with specific fields of the class of systems object of modeling and simulations. The different contributions refer to economy, collective learning, cell motion, vehicular traffic, crowd dynamics, and social swarms. The key problem towards modeling consists in capturing the complexity features of living systems. All articles refer to large systems of interaction living entities and follow, towards modeling, a common rationale which consists firstly in representing the system by a probability distribution over the microscopic state of the said entities, secondly, in deriving a general mathematical structure deemed to provide the conceptual basis for the derivation of models and, finally, in implementing the said structure by models of interactions at the microscopic scale. Therefore, the modeling approach transfers the dynamics at the low scale to collective behaviors. Interactions are modeled by theoretical tools of stochastic game theory. Overall, the interested reader will find, in the contents, a forward look comprising various research perspectives and issues, followed by hints on to tackle these.
DO  - 10.3390/books978-3-03928-880-9
ID  - OAPEN ID: 46151
KW  - short- and long-range interactions
KW  - living systems
KW  - stress conditions
KW  - learning
KW  - symmetric interactions
KW  - active particles
KW  - conformist society
KW  - kinetic equations
KW  - kinetic models
KW  - complex systems
KW  - safety
KW  - haptotaxis
KW  - opinion dynamics
KW  - multiscale modeling
KW  - individualistic society
KW  - CVaR
KW  - kinetic theory
KW  - social dynamics
KW  - boundary conditions
KW  - pattern formation
KW  - crowd dynamics
KW  - integro-differential equations
KW  - scaling
KW  - Efficient frontier
KW  - cell movement
KW  - vehicular traffic
KW  - Crowd dynamics
KW  - learning dynamics
L1  - https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/2345
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/51097
PB  - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
PY  - 2020
SN  - 9783039288793
SN  - 9783039288809
TI  - Kinetic Theory and Swarming Tools to Modeling Complex Systems—Symmetry problems in the Science of Living Systemsnull
ER  - 
