Sub-strategy updating evolution in minority game

In this paper, we propose and study a new evolution model of minority game. Any strategy in minority game can be regarded as composed of sub-strategies corresponding to different histories. Based on the evolution model proposed by Li－Riolo－Savit, in which those agents that perform poorly may update their strategies randomly. This paper presents a new evolution model in which poor agents update their strategies by changing only a part of sub-strategy sets with low success rate. Simulation result shows that the new model with sub-strategy-set updating evolution mechanism may approach its steady state more quickly than the Li－Riolo－Savit model. In the steady state of the new model, stronger adaptive cooperation among agents will appear, implying that the social resource can be allocated more rationally and utilized more effectively compared with the Li－Riolo－Savit model.     

Effects of energy dissipation on anisotropic materials

A model and its simulations are presented to describe the effects of energy dissipation on anisotropic systems. When the current electromigration is constant, energy dissipation depends on lattice constants, resistivity, and the angles along the longitudinal and transversal directions. It is shown that an orientation variation of the grain can significantly influence the energy dissipation for some anisotropic materials. Based on calculations for the grain model, the mechanism of grain growth and microstructure evolution under electromigration is explained. Theoretical implications about material selection and reliability are derived.     

Energy dissipation in the Nagel-Schreckenberg model with open boundary condition

In this paper, we numerically investigate energy dissipation caused by traffic in the Nagel-Schreckenberg (NaSch) model with open boundary conditions (OBC). Boundary results in excess energy dissipation. The effects of the stochastic boundary conditions on energy dissipation are discussed. The behaviors of energy dissipation in different traffic phase are distinct. As an order parameter, energy dissipation rate E _d characterizes the phase transition behaviors well. It is shown that there is no true free-flow state in nondeterministic NaSch model with OBC. We refer to this non-true free-flow state as quasi-free-flow (QFF) phase in which there are interactions between vehicles caused by stochastic braking but no backward moving jam exists. In the maximum current phase, E _d is minimal thus the social payoff is maximal. Energy dissipation profiles in QFF, jammed and maximum current phase are presented. Theoretical analyses are in good agreement with numerical results for the case v _max = 1.     

Dynamics of networking agents competing for high centrality and low degree

We model a system of networking agents that seek to optimize their centrality in the network while keeping their cost, the number of connections they are participating in, low. Unlike other game-theory based models for network evolution, the success of the agents is related only to their position in the network. The agents use strategies based on local information to improve their chance of success. Both the evolution of strategies and network structure are investigated. We find a dramatic time evolution with cascades of strategy change accompanied by a change in network structure. On average the network self-organizes to a state close to the transition between a fragmented state and a state with a giant component. Furthermore, with increasing system size both the average degree and the level of fragmentation decreases.     

Study on system dynamics of evolutionary mix-game models

Mix-game model is ameliorated from an agent-based MG model, which is used to simulate the real financial market. Different from MG, there are two groups of agents in Mix-game: Group 1 plays a majority game and Group 2 plays a minority game. These two groups of agents have different bounded abilities to deal with historical information and to count their own performance. In this paper, we modify Mix-game model by assigning the evolution abilities to agents: if the winning rates of agents are smaller than a threshold, they will copy the best strategies the other agent has; and agents will repeat such evolution at certain time intervals. Through simulations this paper finds: (1) the average winning rates of agents in Group 1 and the mean volatilities increase with the increases of the thresholds of Group 1; (2) the average winning rates of both groups decrease but the mean volatilities of system increase with the increase of the thresholds of Group 2; (3) the thresholds of Group 2 have greater impact on system dynamics than the thresholds of Group 1; (4) the characteristics of system dynamics under different time intervals of strategy change are similar to each other qualitatively, but they are different quantitatively; (5) As the time interval of strategy change increases from 1 to 20, the system behaves more and more stable and the performances of agents in both groups become better also.     

基于遗传算法的重复囚徒困境博弈策略在复杂网络中的演化

利用遗传算法研究重复囚徒困境博弈策略在复杂网络中的演化.研究结果表明：处于复杂网络中有记忆的个体通过基因的复制、重组、变异和选择能够进化出一种自组织的合作机制.这种合作机制既能够在群体中激发合作行为的产生，加强和维护持续的合作行为，同时又能对背叛的个体进行惩罚和报复，因此能够促使复杂网络中进化出具有很高合作率的群体. 关键词： 复杂网络 遗传算法 进化博弈 合作     

Evolution of prisoner's dilemma strategies on scale-free networks

The evolution of strategies in the iterated prisoner's dilemma on scale-free networks is investigated. It is found that the smaller the average degree is, the easier it is to promote cooperation by natural selection. Cooperation on scale-free networks built upon big clustering coefficients is enhanced and maintained at a high level. The introduction of punishment strategy for unsatisfied agents also increases cooperation and improves its persistence on scale-free networks.     

强迫耗散系统的有序结构和系统的发展(Ⅱ)，广义能量极小值原理和系统的发展

利用大气非线性动力学证明了广义能量极小值原理，进一步从理论上证明它是同大气非平衡 态热力学最小熵产生原理在物理上是一致的.前者表明，强迫耗散动力系统的终态广义能量 达极小值；而最小熵产生原理表明，远离热力学平衡态的开放系其终态时系统内部的不可逆 过程最弱.而且，系统广义能量达极小值和系统熵产生达极小值的终态一般是一个稳定的定 态，它对应着系统的某种有序结构.也就是说它是一个“低耗高效”的有序定态.大气系统作 为自然界一个典型的物理复杂系统，其最小熵产生原理和广义能量极小值原理隐示了自然界 复杂系统的一个一 关键词： 强迫耗散系统 能量极值原理 有序结构 动力系统     

Damping performance of two simple oscillators coupled by a visco-elastic connection

A simple dynamic system composed of two linear oscillators is employed to analyze the passive control performance that can be achieved through a visco-elastic damper connecting two adjacent free-standing structures. By extension, the model may also describe the energy dissipation which can be obtained by an internal coupling between two quasi-independent sub-systems composing a single complex structure. Two alternatives are evaluated for the linear coupling by considering either the serial or the parallel spring–dashpot arrangement known as the Kelvin–Voigt and the Maxwell damper model, which may synthetically reproduce the constitutive behavior of different industrial devices. The complex eigenvalues of the coupled system are parametrically analyzed to determine the potential benefits realized by different combinations of the coupling stiffness and damping coefficient. A design strategy to assess these parameters is outlined, driven by the relevant observation that a perfect tuning of the natural frequencies always corresponds, in the parameter space, to the maximum modal damping for one of the resonant modes, independent of the damper model. The effectiveness of the proposed strategy is discussed for different classes of the controlled system, depending on the mass and stiffness ratio of the component oscillators. As a major result, different design parameter charts for the two damper models are carried out and compared to each other. Performance indexes are introduced to quantitatively evaluate the passive control performance with respect to the mitigation of the system forced response under harmonic and seismic ground excitation. The analyses confirm the validity of the design strategy for a well-balanced mitigation of the displacement and acceleration response in both the oscillators.     

宏观交通流模型的能耗研究

本文在几种典型的宏观交通流模型的基础上,导出能量耗散的计算公式,宏观交通流模型能耗不同于元胞自动机交通模型,其能耗不仅考虑车流速度减少,而且还要计及通过路段的车流通量引起的能耗.通过对满足黎曼初始条件的道路能耗和道路交通瓶颈处能耗的计算和理论分析,表明交通拥堵处,能量耗散比较高,而且能量耗散的变化也能反映交通拥堵产生及消散的情况.     

Irreversibility and entropy production in transport phenomena,III—Principle of minimum integrated entropy production including nonlinear responses

A new variational principle of steady states is found by introducing an integrated type of energy dissipation (or entropy production) instead of instantaneous energy dissipation. This new principle is valid both in linear and nonlinear transport phenomena. Prigogine’s dream has now been realized by this new general principle of minimum “integrated” entropy production (or energy dissipation). This new principle does not contradict with the Onsager–Prigogine principle of minimum instantaneous entropy production in the linear regime, but it is conceptually different from the latter which does not hold in the nonlinear regime. Applications of this theory to electric conduction, heat conduction, particle diffusion and chemical reactions are presented.     

A phase field model for the formation and evolution of martensitic laminate microstructure at finite strains

The extraordinary properties of shape-memory alloys stem from the formation and evolution of their complex microstructure. At lower temperatures, this microstructure typically consists of martensitic laminates with coherent twin boundaries. We suggest a variational-based phase field model at finite strains for the formation and dissipative evolution of such two-variant martensitic twinned laminate microstructures. The starting point is a geometric discussion of the link between sharp interface topologies and their regularisation, which is connected to the notion of Γ-convergence. To model the energy storage in the two-phase laminates, we propose an interface energy that is coherence-dependent and a bulk energy that vanishes in the interface region, thus allowing for a clear separation of the two contributions. The dissipation related to phase transformation is modelled by use of a dissipation potential that leads to a Ginzburg–Landau type evolution equation for the phase field. We construct distinct rate-type continuous and finite-step-sized incremental variational principles for the proposed dissipative material and demonstrate its modelling capabilities by means of finite element simulations of laminate formation and evolution in martensitic CuAlNi.     

Local stability analysis of a low-dissipation cyclic refrigerator*

We study the local stability near the maximum figure of merit for the low-dissipation cyclic refrigerator,where the irreversible dissipation occurs not only in the thermal contacts but also the adiabatic strokes.We find that the bounds of the coefficient of performance at a maximum figure of merit or maximum cooling rate in the presence of internal dissipation are identical to those in the corresponding absence of internal dissipation.Using two different scenarios,we prove the existence of a single stable steady state for the refrigerator,and clarify the role of internal dissipation on the stability of the thermodynamic steady state,showing that the speed of system evolution to the steady state decreases due to internal dissipation.     

Analysis of energy dissipation in traffic flow with a variable slope

We derive the motion energy dissipation model to investigate the relation between the additional energy loss of vehicles and the slope of a gradient. Simulations are carried out to check the validity of the dissipation model. Analysis of the results shows that the total energy consumption is inversely proportional to the slope in an uphill situation and the opposite conclusion can be drawn in a downhill situation. The energy dissipation rate depends on the density of traffic and the road length in two situations in a rule. It is found that the simulation result is in good agreement with real traffic.     

The energy and dissipation of turbulent fluctuations of wind velocity and temperature in the boundary layer of the atmosphere

The relationships between the energy of small-scale turbulence and its dissipation rate are studied based on the data of long-term high-frequency measurements of temperature and wind velocity fluctuations in urban area. It is shown that the energy of wind velocity turbulent fluctuations is linearly related to the dissipation rate ɛ. The proportionality coefficient between turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) and ɛ is dimensional and does not depend on the stratification of the atmosphere, the Richardson number, or the Monin-Obukhov scale. Measurements in different seasons show that this coefficient can be related to the mean velocity of adiabatic motions (sound speed or air temperature), which enables one to select a more universal constant, γ. A linear relationship between the temperature fluctuations variance (the characteristic of the inner energy of turbulence) and their dissipation rate is also shown. The revealed proportionality is confirmed by measurements in urban and forest conditions, as well as in the surface layer over a flat desert terrain.     

Decay of energy and suppression of Fermi acceleration in a dissipative driven stadium-like billiard

The behavior of the average energy for an ensemble of non-interacting particles is studied using scaling arguments in a dissipative time-dependent stadium-like billiard. The dynamics of the system is described by a four dimensional nonlinear mapping. The dissipation is introduced via inelastic collisions between the particles and the moving boundary. For different combinations of initial velocities and damping coefficients, the long time dynamics of the particles leads them to reach different states of final energy and to visit different attractors, which change as the dissipation is varied. The decay of the average energy of the particles, which is observed for a large range of restitution coefficients and different initial velocities, is described using scaling arguments. Since this system exhibits unlimited energy growth in the absence of dissipation, our results for the dissipative case give support to the principle that Fermi acceleration seems not to be a robust phenomenon.     

Characteristics of synchronized traffic in mixed traffic flow

In this paper, the characteristics of synchronized traffic in mixed traffic flow are investigated based on the braking light model. By introducing the energy dissipation and the distribution of slowdown vehicles, the effects of the maximum velocity, the mixing ratio, and the length of vehicles on the synchronized flow are discussed. It is found that the maximum velocity plays a great role in the synchronized flow in mixed traffic. The energy dissipation and the distribution of slowdown vehicles in the synchronized flow region are greatly different from those in free flow and a traffic jamming region. When all of vehicles have the same maximum velocity with V max > 15, the mixed traffic significantly displays synchronized flow, which has been demonstrated by the relation between flow rate and occupancy and estimation of the cross-correlation function. Moreover, the energy dissipation in the synchronized flow region does not increase with occupancy. The distribution of slowdown vehicles shows a changeless platform in the synchronized flow region. This is an interesting phenomenon. It helps to deeply understand the synchronized flow and greatly reduce the energy dissipation of traffic flow.     

Network effects of animal conflicts

We simulated animal conflicts on different networks, where five strategies that the animals may take are considered. The result of the evolution of the five strategies on networks shows that whether one strategy dominates or two strategies coexist on the network is determined by the structure of the network. But no matter what structure the network is, the total-war strategy is constrained and never becomes a final winning strategy when it contests with the other four limited-war strategies. This may be the reason that the animals choose the limited-war strategies to fight against other animals of the same species.     

Reaction kinetic model of height selection in heteroepitaxial growth of quantum dots

A reaction kinetic model is proposed for height selection of heteroepitaxially growing nanometer-thick quantum dots. The model describes the growth by a set of rate equations for the combined size and height distributions of the dots. In addition to nucleation and growth, the model includes a coarse-grained conversion rate incorporating kinetics of height changes. With suitably chosen rate coefficients the model reproduces qualitatively the experimentally observed height-selected size distributions and their evolution. The results support the view that the height selection and the form of the size distribution both result from the oscillating energy barrier for the transformation of dots of different heights, and this transformation barrier is considerably larger in magnitude than oscillations in the electronic energy due to quantum well states in the dot.