The Physics of Foraging: An Introduction to Random Searches and Biological Encounters

Gandhimohan M. Viswanathan, Marcos G. E. da Luz, Ernesto P. Raposo, and H. Eugene Stanley

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Publication Date:

2011

Number of Pages:

164

Format:

Hardcover

Price:

50.00

ISBN:

9781107006799

Category:

Monograph

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Table of Contents

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Part I. Introduction: Movement: 1. Empirical motivation for studying movement
2. Statistical physics of biological motion
3. Random walks and Lévy flights
4. Wandering albatrosses
Part II. Experimental Findings: 5. Early studies
6. Evidence of anomalous diffusion
7. Human dispersal
8. How strong is the evidence?
Part III. Theory of Foraging: 9. Optimizing encounter rates
10. Lévy flight foraging
11. Other search models
Part IV. Finale: A Broader Context: 12. Superdiffusive random searches
13. Adaptational versus emergent superdiffusion
14. Perspectives and open problems
Appendices
References
Index.