We study the limiting behaviour of stochastic models of populations of interacting agents, as the number of agents goes to infinity. Classical mean-field results have established that this limiting behaviour is described by an ordinary differential equation (ODE) under two conditions: (1) that the dynamics is smooth; and (2) that the population is composed of a finite number of homogeneous sub-populations, each containing a large number of agents. This paper reviews recent work showing what happens if these conditions do not hold. In these cases, it is still possible to exhibit a limiting regime at the price of replacing the ODE by a more complex dynamical system. In the case of non-smooth or uncertain dynamics, the limiting regime is given by a differential inclusion. In the case of multiple population scales, the ODE is replaced by a stochastic hybrid automaton.
Titolo: | Mean-field limits beyond ordinary differential equations |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
Abstract: | We study the limiting behaviour of stochastic models of populations of interacting agents, as the number of agents goes to infinity. Classical mean-field results have established that this limiting behaviour is described by an ordinary differential equation (ODE) under two conditions: (1) that the dynamics is smooth; and (2) that the population is composed of a finite number of homogeneous sub-populations, each containing a large number of agents. This paper reviews recent work showing what happens if these conditions do not hold. In these cases, it is still possible to exhibit a limiting regime at the price of replacing the ODE by a more complex dynamical system. In the case of non-smooth or uncertain dynamics, the limiting regime is given by a differential inclusion. In the case of multiple population scales, the ODE is replaced by a stochastic hybrid automaton. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2882814 |
ISBN: | 9783319340951 9783319340951 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 2.1 Contributo in Volume (Capitolo,Saggio) |
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