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Area of Science:

  • Statistical Physics
  • Mathematical Biology
  • Agent-Based Modeling

Background:

  • Topological interactions are crucial in collective animal and human behavior.
  • Previous models explored smooth rank-based interactions for agent systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze agent systems with topological interactions and derive their limiting kinetic equations.
  • To investigate the impact of interacting with K closest neighbors.
  • To connect these models to existing rank-based frameworks.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of systems with infinite particle limits.
  • Application of the propagation of chaos assumption.
  • Combinatorial interpretation of rank and concentration of measure arguments.

Main Results:

  • The limiting kinetic equation for particle distribution is a non-standard spatial diffusion equation.
  • This equation remains consistent even when agents interact with their K closest neighbors.
  • The proposed models are demonstrated as a singular limit of a smooth rank-based model.

Conclusions:

  • Topological interactions in large agent systems lead to specific spatial diffusion dynamics.
  • The findings provide a mathematical framework for understanding collective behavior driven by local interactions.
  • This work bridges topological and rank-based interaction models in agent systems.