Consensus,Polarization and Hysteresis in the Three-State Noisy q-Voter Model with Bounded Confidence

In this work, we address the question of the role of the influence of group size on the emergence of various collective social phenomena, such as consensus, polarization and social hysteresis. To answer this question, we study the three-state noisy q-voter model with bounded confidence, in which agents can be in one of three states: two extremes (leftist and rightist) and centrist. We study the model on a complete graph within the mean-field approach and show that, depending on the size q of the influence group, saddle-node bifurcation cascades of different length appear and different collective phenomena are possible. In particular, for all values of q>1, social hysteresis is observed. Furthermore, for small values of q∈(1,4), disagreement, polarization and domination of centrists (a consensus understood as the general agreement, not unanimity) can be achieved but not the domination of extremists. The latter is possible only for larger groups of influence. Finally, by comparing our model to others, we discuss how a small change in the rules at the microscopic level can dramatically change the macroscopic behavior of the model.     

圆柱浮体的平衡姿态及其稳定性

浮心相当于浮体的支承点,其位置随物体的姿态而变化;物体稳定平衡时重心与浮心的距离达到极小。圆柱浮体有2~5个平衡位置,其中相间的1~2个稳定,其姿态与比重和长径比相关,在系统参数变化时可能突变。     

抛物线壁内细杆的摩擦平衡分析

细杆在抛物线壁内支承,平衡特性与杆长、倾角和摩擦因子相关.细杆在自身重力作用下可发生焦点下方的顺时针运动,焦点上方的逆时针运动以及两端同时下滑.基于端部支撑力达到摩擦锥边界的条件,可确定细杆状态为不平衡、稳定或不稳定的平衡和摩擦平衡.平衡集为具有宽度的叉式分岔.     

磁场中轴向运动条形板强非线性超谐共振及混沌运动

针对磁场环境中周期外载作用下轴向运动导电条形板的非线性振动及混沌运动问题进行研究.应用改进多尺度法对横向磁场中条形板的强非线性振动问题进行求解,得到超谐波共振下系统的分岔响应方程.根据奇异性理论对非线性动力学系统的普适开折进行分析,求得含两个开折参数的转迁集及对应区域的拓扑结构分岔图.通过数值算例,分别得到以磁感应强度、轴向拉力、激励力幅值和激励频率为分岔控制参数的分岔图和最大李雅普诺夫指数图,以及反映不同运动行为区域的动力学响应图形,讨论分岔参数对系统呈现的倍周期和混沌运动的影响.结果表明,可通过相应参数的改变实现对系统复杂动力学行为的控制.     

Face-centred cubic to body-centred cubic phase transformation under [1 0 0] tensile loading

Molecular dynamics simulation was used to verify a speculation of the existence of a certain face-centred cubic (FCC) to body-centred cubic (BCC) phase transformation pathway. Four FCC metals, Ni, Cu, Au and Ag, were stretched along the [1?0?0] direction at various strain rates and temperatures. Under high strain rate and low temperature, and beyond the elastic limit, the bifurcation of the FCC phase occurred with sudden contraction along one lateral direction and expansion along the other lateral direction. When the lattice constant along the expansion direction converged with that of the stretched direction, the FCC phase transformed into an unstressed BCC phase. By reducing the strain rate or increasing the temperature, dislocation or ‘momentum-induced melting’ mechanisms began to control the plastic deformation of the FCC metals, respectively.     

Hopf bifurcation control via a dynamic state-feedback control

To relocate two Hopf bifurcation points, simultaneously, to any desired locations in n-dimensional nonlinear systems, a novel dynamic state-feedback control law is proposed. Analytical schemes to determine the control gains according to the conditions for the emergence of Hopf bifurcation are derived. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed control law, numerical examples are provided.     

关于具有二次相关性收获率的捕食与被捕食系统极限环的存在性分析

讨论了一类两种群具有二次相关性收获率的捕食与被捕食系统,利用常微分定性方法和分支理论,得到了系统平衡点处的性态和极限环的存在性条件,并用Matlab软件对其进行数值模拟,推广了相关文献中两种群捕食模型定性分析的相应结论.     

Bifurcation analysis of a diffusive predator–prey system with a herd behavior and quadratic mortality

In this paper, a diffusive predator–prey system, in which the prey species exhibits herd behavior and the predator species with quadratic mortality, has been studied. The stability of positive constant equilibrium, Hopf bifurcations, and diffusion‐driven Turing instability are investigated under the Neumann boundary condition. The explicit condition for the occurrence of the diffusion‐driven Turing instability is derived, which is determined by the relationship of the diffusion rates of two species. The formulas determining the direction and the stability of Hopf bifurcations depending on the parameters of the system are derived. Finally, numerical simulations are carried out to verify and extend the theoretical results and show the existence of spatially homogeneous periodic solutions and nonconstant steady states. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Stability and bifurcations analysis of a competition model with piecewise constant arguments

In this paper, we investigate local and global asymptotic stability of a positive equilibrium point of system of differential equations where t ≥ 0, the parameters r₁, k₁, α₁, α₂, r₂, k₂, and d₁ are positive, and [t] denotes the integer part of t ∈ [0, ∞ ). x(t) and y(t) represent population density for related species. Sufficient conditions are obtained for the local and global stability of the positive equilibrium point of the corresponding difference system. We show through numerical simulations that periodic solutions arise through Neimark–Sacker bifurcation. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.