Call number:
PIK N 514-11-0355
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: 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
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XIII, 164 S. : graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:
9781107006799
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library