https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510070191
Collective effects from induced behaviour
1
FESt, Schmeilweg 5, 69118 Heidelberg, Germany
2
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Philosophenweg 16, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
3
Gordon McKay Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
4
Theory Division, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
Received:
24
August
1999
Revised:
10
April
2000
Published online: 15 August 2000
We present a solvable model for describing quantitatively situations where the individual behaviour of agents in a group "percolates" to collective behaviour of the group as a whole as a result of mutual influence between the agents. Stability of collectives, reliability of complex devices, etc., can be approached in this way.
PACS: 02.50.-r – Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics / 05.65.+b – Self-organized systems / 07.05.Tp – Computer modeling and simulation
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2000
